Harshil Mehta
Graduate Student
Dunakeszi, Central Hungary, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHarshil Mehta is a software maintainer and self-taught programmer with six years of experience building tools and scalable backend systems while pursuing an MS in Aerospace Engineering. As a core contributor and maintainer of python-telegram-bot (25M downloads/month), he focuses on backend optimizations, type-hinting, and documentation improvements that reduced CI flakiness and improved code quality. He’s fluent in Python and Kotlin and has hands-on experience across Android development, API wrappers, bots, SQL, Linux, and git-based workflows. His background in physics and aerospace gives him a systems-oriented approach to engineering problems and a taste for novel, cross-disciplinary tooling. Harshil’s work balances pragmatic shipping with developer experience—often fixing docs, typos, and tests as readily as writing new features. Outside of code he stays engaged with the community via Telegram and social links, reflecting a creator mindset that favors building things that didn’t exist before.
6 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at M. S. RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCESHigh School Diploma, Computer Science, 11, 12, High School Diploma, Computer Science, 11, 12 at GEMS Education
English, Hindi, Gujarati, German
Stackoverflow
86reputation
941reached
5answers
0questions
Github Skills (15)
telegram-bot-api10
python10
documentation10
software-quality9
type-checking9
typehinting9
chocolatey6
git6
windows6
telegram6
python-sphinx6
gpg-signature6
github6
python-telegram-bot6
telegram-bot6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
python-telegram-bot/python-telegram-bot
Apr 2020 - Jan 2023
We have made you a wrapper you can't refuse
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Technical Writer
Back-end Developer & Technical WriterContributions:1362 reviews, 150 commits, 188 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Harshil primarily contributed to improving the documentation of the python-telegram-bot library by addressing doc fixes, fixing typos, and ensuring the consistency of documentation. The user also updated the documentation for various classes and methods within the library. Additionally, the user made code changes to enhance code quality, including adding type hints and fixing code style issues.
telegram-botpythonbotframeworktelegram
tmslads/Shanispeakbot
Dec 2019 - Jan 2021
A Shani Sir Telegram bot who is savage in groups, sends you clips of Sir, and can get up close and personal with you in the DMs!
Contributions:163 commits, 31 PRs, 161 pushes in 1 year 1 month
groupstelegram-botpythonbotclips
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