Nikhil Saraf
Founder at Archimedes Research, Inc
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNikhil Saraf is a founder and seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience building high-performance trading infrastructure, crypto systems, and scalable web services from Austin, Texas. He runs Archimedes Research, a systematic hedge fund trading $1M volume/day with industry-leading risk metrics, while also operating proprietary trading algorithms that have delivered 60%+ annual ROI and angel investing in 150+ startups. Technically hands-on, Nikhil contributes to prominent open-source Stellar projects—improving StellarTerm’s React front-end and refactoring Horizon back-end code—while having led development of Kelp, a widely used Go trading bot. He blends product, engineering management, and operational duties (legal, tax, partnerships, Datadog monitoring) and has served as a technical lead/CTO at a $100M+ crypto VC, driving diligence and node/security work. Known for shipping modular, maintainable systems and turning research into production, he pairs deep blockchain domain expertise with a founder’s appetite for execution and high-conviction investing.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BBA Marketing, BBA Marketing at Texas McCombs School of BusinessBachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinThe Cathedral and John Connon School
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
apidoc10
clientside10
ui-components10
go10
api10
stellar10
webclient10
react10
api-design9
restful-api9
postgresql9
api-rest9
nodejs9
rest-api9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
stellar/go
Oct 2017 - Jul 2019
Stellar's public monorepo of go code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 149 commits, 68 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Nikhil primarily focused on refactoring the Horizon codebase within the `stellar/go` repository. Their contributions involved updating import references, modifying bash scripts, and refactoring existing functions to align with new path structures and dependencies. Additionally, the user implemented changes to trade aggregations and account resources, indicating involvement in modifying existing API endpoints. These code changes highlight a focus on maintainability, performance, and compatibility with new features and dependencies.
horizongolangmonorepoblockchainstellar
stellarterm/stellarterm
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Advanced web based trading client for the Stellar network. 📈📊💹💱
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 19 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Nikhil primarily contributed to the front-end development of the StellarTerm trading client. Their work focused on implementing and refining UI components related to deposits, including currency selection and anchor integration. They also made modifications to existing features, such as transaction links and the display of trust line information. The user demonstrated proficiency in React and associated libraries.
reactstellartermaws-lambdablockchainweb-based
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