Dev Jadiya

Dev Jadiya

Security and full-stack engineer, Wikimedian, builder

Security and full-stack engineer. I studied computer science and engineering at SATI, Vidisha, with a specialisation in IoT, cybersecurity and blockchain, and shipped work for IBM, EncodersPro, CFSS and the IT Council along the way.

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Dev Jadiya

01Current work

What I am building now

$ now

Building an election-violence monitor with partners in Nigeria, ConvoCompass with Laerdon at Cornell, and keeping WhichTool useful for Wikimedians.

Election Violence Monitor

active

Mapping and monitoring election-related violence with partners in Nigeria.

A monitoring platform for election-related violence, built with an African collaboration based in Nigeria.

ConvoCompass

in progress

Research tooling with Laerdon at Cornell University.

A collaboration with Laerdon at Cornell University, USA. In progress.

WhichTool

active

Helping Wikimedians find the right tool, in any language.

A multilingual, natural-language search engine over the four-thousand-plus tools on Wikimedia Toolforge. Built as the capstone of the EduWiki Hub mentorship programme and supported by the Nagarathna Memorial Grant.

  • Toolforge
Live

02Selected projects

Tools, open source and client builds

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clip2commons

active

Browser-based video uploader for Wikimedia Commons.

  • Toolforge
Code

WikiScriptSync

active

Keeps Wikimedia gadgets in sync with GitHub and GitLab.

  • Toolforge
Live

STEELX 3D

maintained

Client build: a 3D product site for STEELX.

Crypto platform

maintained

Client build: a cryptocurrency platform.

EncodersPro course platform

maintained

Client build: the course platform for EncodersPro.

IT Council

maintained

Client build: the IT Council web platform, delivered as project lead.

Write-ups

03Writing

Latest from the blog

Reflections, travel, deep-dives and dated project logs.

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04Speaking

Talks

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05Open knowledge

Wikimedia work

Tools, juries, grants and programmes. Curated, not scraped.

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Jury

Wiki Loves Folklore

Jury member for the international photo competition on folk culture and intangible heritage.

commons.wikimedia.org

National lead

Wiki Science Competition India

Leading the India edition of the international science photography competition.

meta.wikimedia.org

Grantee

Nagarathna Memorial Grant

Funded to build WhichTool, the Toolforge tool finder.

thejeshgn.com

Grantee

Wikidata birthday grant

Wikimedia Deutschland funding for a Wikidata birthday project.

Grantee

Wikimedia Commons Android app

Grant-funded work on the Commons mobile app.

github.com

Program review team and speaker

Wikimania 2025

Reviewed session submissions for Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi, and spoke on engineering simpler onboarding for global developers.

Read the storywikimania.wikimedia.org

06Experience

Where I have worked

Full record

  1. AI and ML Intern

    IBM

    Internship

    Internship in applied artificial intelligence and machine learning.

    • Python
    • Machine learning

  2. Security Intern

    EncodersPro

    Internship

    Worked on Pentellia, EncodersPro's firewall product.

    • Network security
    • Firewalls

  3. Security and Ethical Hacking Intern

    CFSS

    Internship

    Security and ethical hacking internship.

    • Penetration testing
    • Linux

  4. Freelance Project Lead

    IT Council

    Freelance

    Led delivery of the IT Council web platform as a freelance project lead.

    • Full-stack
    • Project delivery

07Education

Studies

B.Tech · Computer Science and Engineering (IoT, Cybersecurity and Blockchain)

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha

2021 – 2025 · 8.28 CGPA

Branch topper: 2nd in 2022-23, 3rd in 2021-22.

Higher Secondary (Class XII)

Saket Shishu Ranjan Higher Secondary School, Vidisha

2021 · 91.6%

08Communities and mentoring

People and rooms

Full record

Communities

  • Variable X

    Founder

    Current

    Founded and lead Variable X.

  • Coding Club SATI

    Coordinator · SATI, Vidisha

    2025

    Coordinated the institute coding club: sessions, contests and mentoring.

    • 750+ students

  • Senior Branch Mentor

    Mentor · SATI, Vidisha

    2025

    Mentored junior students across the CSE branch.

    • 200+ students

Events

  • ITU WTSA 2024

    Participant

    International Telecommunication Union · Oct 2024 · New Delhi, India

    Represented India at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly.

  • Wikimedia Technology Summit 2024

    Participant

    Wikimedia · 2024

  • Train the Trainer 2026

    Participant

    2026

  • Indic Wikimedia hackathons

    Mentor

    Indic Wikimedia communities

    Participant in earlier editions, mentor in later ones.

  • Wikipedia 25 celebration, Vidisha

    Organiser

    Wikimedia community · Jan 2026 · Vidisha, India

    Organised the local celebration of Wikipedia's 25th birthday.

09Skills

What I work with

Languages

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • SQL
  • Bash

Web

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • PostgreSQL
  • MediaWiki

Security

  • Penetration testing
  • Network security
  • Firewalls
  • Linux hardening
  • OWASP

Blockchain

  • Solidity
  • Ethereum
  • Smart contracts
  • Web3

AI

  • Machine learning
  • Python data stack
  • LLM integration

Tools

  • Git
  • Docker
  • Cloudflare
  • Vercel
  • Toolforge
  • Apache Superset

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