Prithviraj Murthy

Master's

Computer Science

Cruize Finance

Tech Lead

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CruizeFinance Led a team of 4 engineers, planned and built the entire backend infrastructure to manage bulk orders opened on dYdX( a perpetual trading protocol for cryptocurrencies). Worked with the research team to theorize and test ways to hedge cryptocurrencies and generate yield on blue chip assets using capital protected strategies such as exotic options. Built backend using Django-API framework, AWS-EC2, nginx for loadbalancing, locust for testing APIs for the expected load, celery for scheduled tasks. Built APIs to handle over 5k rpm by keeping monthly infra costs less than $100. Wrote solidity to build smart contracts on Ethereum & Arbitrum Blockchain. (ERC720) Helped raise $500K as seed capital from VCs and grants. Databases: Firebase Cloud Firestore Technologies: AWS-EC2, nginx, celery, Sentry, github. Languages: python, YAML, solidity, reactjs CICD: Jenkins