Goutham is a Research Engineer at Nethermind, where he works on applied cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs, and privacy-preserving blockchain systems. His work includes designing and building confidential token protocols on Ethereum, developing privacy pools on Stellar, and contributing to cross-chain infrastructure. His broader engineering experience spans data availability protocols, trusted execution environments, and blockchain consensus. He holds a B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.