Barath Jawahar
Director Of Engineering at Go
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBarath Jawahar is a Director of Engineering with a decade of experience building enterprise-grade digital asset platforms at BitGo, now leading engineering for BitGo India from New York. He blends product, strategy, and hands-on engineering—progressing from front-end lead to lead Ethereum engineer, product manager, engineering manager, and now director—so he understands product-market fit and technical execution end-to-end. His contributions to the widely used BitGoJS SDK, including Ethereum tooling, token recovery, and wallet features, reflect deep expertise in blockchain SDKs and secure wallet infrastructure. Trained in human-computer interaction at Carnegie Mellon, he brings a user-centered lens to making cryptocurrencies more usable and adoptable for mainstream audiences.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceMaster's degree Human Computer Interaction, Master's degree Human Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University
English, Tamil, Hindi
Github Skills (9)
wallet10
javascript10
sdk10
ethereum10
blockchain9
apidoc9
api9
nodejs9
testing8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BitGo/BitGoJS
Apr 2016 - May 2022
BitGo JavaScript SDK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:36 reviews, 56 commits, 22 PRs in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Barath primarily contributed to the development of the BitGo JavaScript SDK. Their work includes implementing features like specifying balances in wallet list calls, adding wallet functionalities (add, generate), and modifying existing features (eth address validation, gas price handling). The user also made modifications to support token recovery and address management, demonstrating proficiency in the SDK's core functionality. The commits also indicate improvements to the Ethereum-related features of the SDK.
javascriptblockchainsdkjavascript-sdkbitgo
BitGo/eth-multisig-v2
Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
Multi-Sig Wallet v2, supporting original Wallet.sol methods with additional confirmAndExecute improvements to allow for single-transaction signing by multiple owners.
Contributions:13 reviews, 9 commits, 9 pushes in 11 months
ownerssigningethereumwalletconnectsig
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