Chirag Khandelwal
Principal Software Engineer at Cadence
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Top SchoolChirag Khandelwal is a Principal Software Engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance C++ systems and compilers, currently leading engineering efforts at Cadence in Noida. He progressed through multiple technical roles at Cadence, delivering FPGA prototyping features that dramatically reduced turnaround times and driving architecture and delivery as a lead and principal engineer. An avid systems programmer and language designer, Chirag is the creator and primary developer of the Scribe and Feral programming languages, reflecting deep expertise in compiler design. He blends pragmatic engineering—data structures, OS-level thinking, RTL and scripting—with a curiosity for exploring new technology domains. Known for translating research into production (early internships include an open-source collaborative learning platform at IIT Bombay), he brings both hands-on implementation skills and a habit of accelerating teams through practical tooling. Colleagues rely on him for tough systems problems and for mentoring engineers into production-grade solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Science at JECRC UniversityXII & X Science (PCM), XII & X Science (PCM) at St. Francis Inter College
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Github Skills (79)
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odin10
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ethereum10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Feral-Lang/LibComplex
Nov 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
Feral-Lang/VSCode
Mar 2020 - May 2026
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
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