Siddhant Kumar
Backend Engineer (Rust) at Dodo Payments
India
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Top SchoolSiddhant Kumar is a backend engineer with 8 years of experience specializing in Rust, Python, Docker, and modern web stacks like React/Next.js, currently building payment infrastructure at Dodo Payments. He has a strong track record of shipping developer tools, real-time collaboration platforms, pluggable ecosystems, and WASM-based applications with a focus on reliability and developer experience. Siddhant thrives on owning projects end-to-end, from prototyping to production, and has practical exposure to data infrastructure and AI-driven product ideas. His background includes contributions to the NixOS ecosystem via Google Summer of Code and full-time roles across startups, demonstrating comfort working in both research-oriented open-source and high-velocity product environments. Based in India and grounded in computer science training from Sant Longowal Institute, he combines systems-level thinking with product sensibility to make developer workflows smoother and more robust.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science at Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology
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Github Skills (76)
prose10
markdown10
rust10
json10
pure-function10
functional-programming10
rust-lang9
linux9
tunneling9
zerotier9
nix9
programming-language9
query-builder9
plugin9
ngrok9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
siddhantk232/nix-dotfiles
Nov 2021 - Jun 2026
Contributions:81 pushes in 4 years 7 months
siddhantk232/fastn
Oct 2023 - Jul 2024
🚧 (Alpha stage software) fastn - Full-stack Web Development Made Easy 🚧
Contributions:17 PRs, 40 pushes, 11 branches in 8 months
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