arunanksharan

Cto & Founder

As a seasoned technological leader with nearly 8 years of experience in the blockchain and data science space, I have a strong track record in building and scaling innovative full-stack technology solutions and high-performing teams. 

Currently, I am building Showcast, a randomised video calling app on Farcaster. 

In my recent venture Purple Pay, I co-founded a regulatory-compliant crypto payment system. It received recognition and awards on global platforms such as the "Most Scalable Solution" at the Polygon-Jump Pit Singapore 2023 and Ethereum Singapore 2023. 

I also have development experience across different blockchain ecosystems - EVM, Solana and Move (Sui, Aptos).

Previously, I have also built and scaled AI-based products for Jio Platforms at Reliance for more than 400 million users including India’s first web & app based COVID symptom checker supporting 10+ languages with 10M+ DAU and Machli, an audio-based Ocean State Forecasting app for fishermen, which was awarded WSA Award in 2021 and Graham Bell Award in 2020 in AI for Social good category. 

A detailed description of my work experience can be found here: https://arunanksharan.notion.site/Arunank-Divya-Sharan-4a429dfd492d4420a9fc3688a0ef6243


Experience: 3 years

Yearly salary: $120,000

Hourly rate: $50

Nationality: 🇮🇳 India

Residency: 🇮🇳 India

Experience:

Period Title Company
2022 - 2022 Entrepreneur in Residence Antler India
2021 - 2022 CTO & Cofounder Cache Prep
2022 - 2023 CTO & Cofounder Purple Pay
2019 - 2021 Data Scientist Reliance Jio
2023 - 2024 CTO & Cofounder Showcast (Farcaster & Base)
2018 - 2019 Machine Learning Engineer Skillate
2017 - 2018 Operations Lead & Analyst Unacademy

Skills:

ai
aws
ci-cd
data-science
docker
ethereum
javascript
machine-learning
mongo
nestjs
nextjs
postgres
python
rust
solana
solidity
typescript
web3js
cto
english
hindi