Dhiraj Chauhan

Work

Shaga Labs

Founding Mobile Engineer · Feb 2024 – Dec 2025

Built a decentralized cloud gaming platform from scratch as the sole mobile engineer. Architected cross-platform apps delivering Android, iOS, and Solana dApp store releases with 30k+ installs across platforms, achieving 80%+ code sharing using Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform.

Engineered peer-to-peer streaming infrastructure with real-time video/audio decoding, controller input transmission, and voice chat—achieving <20ms latency through nearby node architecture.

Developed native C streaming engine with platform-specific layers for hardware-accelerated media decoding, multi-threaded packet handling, connection lifecycle management, and JNI/Objective-C bridges connecting Kotlin/Swift.

Tech: Kotlin, Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin Multiplatform, Compose Multiplatform, Firebase, Supabase

Play Store · TestFlight


Airchat

Android Engineer · May 2023 – Nov 2023

Led Android app development, mirroring a year-old iOS app and launching on Play Store in 4 months. Delivered weekly feature updates while coordinating cross-team initiatives with Web/iOS and backend teams.

Tech: Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, gRPC, Kotlin Flows


Ironforge

Full-Stack Developer · Dec 2022 – May 2023

Developed automated infrastructure to onboard developers onto the Solana ecosystem. Led open source development efforts, resulting in 20% increase in developer engagement with the SolDev platform.

Tech: Rust, Next.js, TypeScript, MongoDB


Google Summer of Code – 52°North GmbH

Android Engineer · May 2022 – Sep 2022
Mentor · Mar 2023 – Sep 2023

Built voice command automation for enviroCar, an Android app for collecting Extended Floating Car Data. Reduced manual input by 60% and decreased average onboarding time by 50%.

Mentored the project in 2023, achieving 40% improvement in wake word detection accuracy.

Tech: Java, Kotlin, Rasa, Python, Docker

Accepted Proposal · enviroBot · Project PR


MLH Fellowship: Open Source at Solana Labs

Software Developer · May 2022 – Aug 2022

Built a marketplace from scratch where builders can host Solana grants that community can contribute to. Worked on smart contracts, web3 DB, and frontend integration. Completed project in under 12 weeks.

Tech: Next.js, Rust, TypeScript, Anchor, Solana-web3, Arweave

Project Repo


Gramoday

Android Developer Intern · Feb 2022 – Apr 2022

Collaborated with teams to define, design, and ship new features in bi-weekly sprints. Worked on bug fixing and improved application performance.

Tech: Kotlin, Firebase, MongoDB


Recognition

Solana Mobile + Superteam Grants — Awarded to build Saganize, a Kotlin SDK for in-app blockchain transactions on mobile dApps.

Grizzlython 2023 — Fifth prize (10K USDC) in mobile track

AndroidBuzz — Runner up

Unscript Hackathon 2k22 — Runner up