Summary
Aadit Shah is an open source developer and software engineer with over a decade in the industry and three-plus years building front-end features at Disney+ Hotstar for a 300M monthly active user base. He has owned end-to-end product areas, shipping robust, production-safe UI improvements and reducing customer-facing incidents through pragmatic engineering and strong ownership. Academically grounded with an MS (and PhD coursework) in computer science from Indiana University Bloomington, he specializes in functional programming and type systems, which he has applied to build reusable, robust front-end frameworks. Early work at BrowserStack and startups honed his skills in reactive systems and automation, and he now channels that experience into open-source projects from his base in Mumbai. Notably, he blends research-level type-systems knowledge with hands-on product delivery, making him comfortable moving between design, implementation, and long-term maintenance.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, 46 Credit Hours, Ph.D. Student, Computer Science, 46 Credit Hours at Indiana University Bloomington
Diploma, Information Technology, 3.072 / 4.0, Diploma, Information Technology, 3.072 / 4.0 at Shree Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic
Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, 3.32 / 4.0, Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology, 3.32 / 4.0 at Mukesh Patel School of Technology, Management and Engineering
The Cathedral and John Connon School
English, Gujarati, Hindi