Devraj Jhala

About

Software engineer in Bengaluru. Systems and backend software by day, open-source tools and research around it.

I’m an SWE II at Cisco in Bengaluru. Before that I was a Senior Engineer at MediaTek, writing systems software in C and C++ across UEFI, USB and the Windows driver stack. My broader engineering background spans full-stack products, APIs, databases, and production interfaces built with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, and Python.

I came at systems work from the other direction. I spent my first few years building full stack products, went deep into machine learning during my master’s at BITS Pilani, and that mix is the useful part: I tend to own a problem across the boundary instead of handing it off at one.

Outside my core role, I build and maintain open-source developer tools across npm and PyPI. npx-vibe brings evidence-first review to package execution, Custom DL Optimizer qualifies PyTorch inference plans against real workloads, and ResearchPlot turns publication guidance into repeatable, source-backed checks. I approach these as maintained products: with documentation, release workflows, safety boundaries, and explainable decisions.

Research is the third part of my work. I have published applied machine-learning studies across EEG-based ADHD detection, sensor-fusion activity recognition, medical screening, and manufacturing inspection. Across systems, products, and research, the principle is the same: understand the constraints, make tradeoffs visible, and ship work that people can evaluate and trust.

Education and awards

  • 2026Winner, MediaTek TechonInternal hackathon
  • 2025Winner, LogiTHON 2025IIT Bombay
  • 2024 – 26Master of Engineering, Computer ScienceBITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus
  • 2020 – 24B.Tech, Computer Science and EngineeringPandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar

Beyond code

  • writingI write when an idea feels useful enough to share, especially around developer tools, best practices, and lessons from building real projects.the blog →
  • readingSome books that stay close to my desk: Tuesdays with Morrie, Atomic Habits, The Alchemist, Building a Second Brain, and Discipline Is Destiny.the bookshelf →
  • BrunoBruno was my Doberman. He passed away, so he lives here now: he trots after your pointer on every page, and does a trick if you click him.

Anime I go back to

Sung Jin-woo from Solo Leveling is my inspiration: he starts as the weakest hunter and keeps levelling up, which is where the levels on this site come from.

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