Alexander Kalankhodzhaev is Core Engineer Lead at Raiku.

Blockchain Architect & Tech Lead with a strong track record in building high-load, distributed transaction systems that ensure guaranteed execution, predictable latency, and resilience under extreme workloads.
Currently Core Engineer Lead at Raiku, where I’ve designed regionally distributed clusters and integrated validator pipelines with Solana to deliver real-time feedback and prioritized transaction execution.
Active in the community as a Polkadot developer speaker, contributor to the Programming Academy for Silicon Valley, and co-maintainer of the go-linq library. Passionate about advancing blockchain infrastructure and open-source development.
Technical expertise: Solana, Polkadot, Substrate | Rust, C#, Java, Scala