Vinay Kanse, backend engineer and robot builder

Vinay at the beach, smiling

Vinay smiling in front of green trees

Vinay smiling inside a cable car

Vinay walking down a cobbled street lined with shops

Vinay on a rooftop, smiling

Backend engineer at CoinDCX. I win hackathons and build robots on the side.

10
Hackathon wins: 30+
Builds: 4x
ETHGlobal finalist

Builds

Ideas that sound crazy until we do it.

Robot arm on a wheeled base, holding a pink can above a table

UthaLe

A robot that does the walking in a dark store

Awign Physical AI Hackathon / 1st place

A cream handheld game console held in one hand, showing a price chart

ETH Arcade

A handheld console where the live ETH price is the game

ETHOnline 2026 / Finalist

Four teammates on the ETHGlobal Prague stage beside the podium

conduct.chat

Say what you want, AI agents do it on the blockchain

ETHGlobal Prague / Finalist + 3 bounties

Twelve people posing in front of the colourful ETHIndia wall, three of them kneeling at the front

Fanbase

Tickets based on your fan score

ETHIndia 2024 / 7 bounties

Three teammates holding a Datathon winner cheque for Team Somehow

Money Mitra

A WhatsApp bot for your money, later a startup

Datathon 2024 / Gen-AI winner

The team working on laptops at a long bench during Kavach 2023

Dhanush

A tool that helps police follow stolen money

Kavach 2023 / National winner

See everything I built

Team Somehow

We show up to build. Somehow we keep winning.

Five teammates pulling faces in front of a DEMOED wall, wearing medals — ETHGlobal Singapore 2024
We demoed. You can tell.
Judg3

Three teammates holding a winner cheque with Team Somehow written on it — Datathon 2024
Our name on the cheque
Money Mitra

Four teammates with medals and a laptop in front of a purple DEMOED wall — ETHGlobal Prague 2025
Finalist + 3 bounties
conduct.chat

Vinay and Pargat working on laptops on beanbags under a tall blank wall — ETHIndia 2023
Finalist, from a beanbag
3-Transform

The team on the Kavach 2023 finale stage holding a large cheque — Kavach 2023
National winner
Dhanush

Five teammates in front of a colourful LED wall — ETHIndia 2024
7 bounties
Fanbase

Three teammates smiling at a cafe with laptops open — ETHOnline 2026
Finalist
ETH Arcade

Teammates taking a selfie on the floor of a busy hackathon hall — ETHGlobal New Delhi 2025
Finalist + Hedera 1st
NoNet

Two teammates presenting the robot dashboard, one holding a microphone — Awign Physical AI Hackathon 2026
1st place
UthaLe

Work and builds

Where the years went.

2021
- Memory GameEarly build
- The Odin ProjectLearning
- CV BuilderEarly build
- Chat AppEarly build
- First Unity GameEarly build
2022
Rudra Cybersecurity
Flutter Intern / Nov 2022 to Oct 2023
KJSCE Codecell
Technical Team Member / Sep 2022 to Jul 2024
- Scholarships AppKJSCE Hack 6.0
- Sorting VisualizerCollege project
- Quotes APIEarly build
- YouTube CloneEarly build
2023
Rudra Cybersecurity
Frontend Developer / Nov 2023 to Jul 2024
- DhanushKavach 2023
- 3-TransformETHIndia 2023
- Three ChainHackerstellar
- 3 BricksBit n Build
- Poly BricksETHforAll
- Three MoneyDotSlash 6.0
- Any CodeSPIT Hackathon
2024
Metis
Software Developer / Dec 2024 to Aug 2026
- FanbaseETHIndia 2024
- Money MitraDatathon 2024
- Judg3ETHGlobal Singapore
- Water PlantPersonal build
2025
- conduct.chatETHGlobal Prague
- NoNetETHGlobal New Delhi
- Kheti SpyPrakalpa 2025
- AdBabaDatathon 2025
- BlockyBuilt for myself
- Anonymous Police Tipping SystemCollege project
2026
CoinDCX Now
Engineering, Backend / Jul 2026 to now
- UthaLeAwign Physical AI Hackathon
- ETH ArcadeETHOnline 2026
- Pour OpsBharat1 AI Hackathon
- MelFruit Flyathon
- Desk BuddyBuilt for fun
- CoC AI AgentBuilt for fun
- Hello World Share AppFun build
- Android LauncherFun build
- Legacy iPod TouchFun build
Next

Vinay at his desk, writing code on two screens

About

I'm Vinay. I learned web development through The Odin Project and studied electronics at KJ Somaiya in Mumbai. Now I live in Bengaluru and write backend code at CoinDCX. Most of what is here I built with friends as Team Somehow. Lately it is robots. Away from the laptop: the family mango farm near Junnar, an old iPod I brought back to life, and too many playlists.

KJSCE Codecell workshop on app development.
Singapore. Programming a Transformer.
Up in the air, helmets on.
Singapore. Full tourist mode.

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