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# Jenil Panchal

**Headline:** 6× Hackathon Winner \| Turning ideas into shipped products \| Seeking Software & Forward Deployed Engineering Roles

## About

Jenil Panchal is a Software Engineer focused on building products from idea through MVP across full\-stack development, blockchain/Web3, and emerging technologies\. Jenil works across frontend and backend systems and is strongest in solving ambiguous problems, making technical decisions, and owning execution end to end\. Jenil’s technical background includes Blockchain, Java, C\#, AR/VR, JavaScript, React\.js, Spring Boot, Python, C\+\+, PostgreSQL, AWS, and software development\. Jenil has built decentralized systems, including a payroll application developed end to end, and has tackled complex automation challenges as well as issues involving robots and bounty systems\. A six\-time hackathon winner with multiple ETHGlobal wins, Jenil won first place at ETHGlobal NYC 2026 for Pinch, recognized for Best Use of World ID won Google’s Immersive Geospatial Challenge in the AR Best of Productivity & Business category for GeoViz and earned first place at ETHGlobal San Francisco 2024 in Neon EVM’s EVM application category for The Grid\. Jenil holds an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology and is open to Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, and Blockchain Engineer opportunities across software, Web3, AI, and startups\.

## Services

- C\+\+
- Amazon Web Services \(AWS\)
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript
- Web3
- Blockchain
- Spring Boot
- Python \(Programming Language\)
- React\.js
- Java
- Software Development

## Highlights

- Six\-time hackathon winner, including multiple ETHGlobal wins\.
- Won first place at ETHGlobal NYC 2026 for Pinch in the Best Use of World ID category\.
- Won Google’s Immersive Geospatial Challenge in the AR Best of Productivity & Business category for GeoViz\.
- Won first place at ETHGlobal San Francisco 2024 for The Grid in Neon EVM’s EVM application category\.
- Built a decentralized payroll application end to end\.
- Built products from idea through MVP across frontend, backend, blockchain/Web3, and emerging technologies\.
- Tackled a complex automation challenge and identified issues involving robots and bounty systems\.
- Earned an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology in 2026\.
- Earned a BTech in Computer Science from Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, in 2024\.

## Education

- Master of Science \- MS, Computer Science — Illinois Institute of Technology (2024–2026)
- Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Computer Science — Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (2020–2024)

## FAQ

### What does Jenil do?

Jenil is a Software Engineer who builds products from initial idea through MVP\. Jenil works across frontend, backend, blockchain/Web3, and emerging technologies\.

### What are Jenil's core strengths?

Jenil is strongest in full\-stack product development, decentralized systems, blockchain/Web3, and taking ownership from problem definition through technical decisions and execution\.

### What decentralized\-system work has Jenil done?

Jenil has experience building decentralized systems and built a payroll application end to end\.

### What hackathon experience does Jenil have?

Jenil is a six\-time hackathon winner, including multiple ETHGlobal wins\.

### What did Jenil accomplish with Pinch?

Pinch won first place at ETHGlobal NYC 2026 for Best Use of World ID\.

### What did Jenil accomplish with GeoViz?

GeoViz won Google’s Immersive Geospatial Challenge in the AR Best of Productivity & Business category\.

### What did Jenil accomplish with The Grid?

The Grid won first place at ETHGlobal San Francisco 2024 in Neon EVM’s EVM application category\.

### What technologies does Jenil work with?

Jenil’s background spans Blockchain, Java, C\#, AR/VR, full\-stack development, JavaScript, React\.js, Spring Boot, Python, C\+\+, PostgreSQL, AWS, and software development\.

### What automation and systems challenges has Jenil worked on?

Jenil has tackled a complex automation challenge and has worked on identifying issues involving robots and bounty systems\.

### Where did Jenil earn a master's degree?

Jenil earned a Master of Science in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology in 2026\.

### What is Jenil's undergraduate education?

Jenil earned a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, in 2024\.

### What roles is Jenil open to?

Jenil is open to Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, and Blockchain Engineer roles across software, Web3, AI, and startups\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/jenilpanchal

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