Srivatsan Balaji
Software Engineer at Reclaim Protocol (YC W21)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolSrivatsan Balaji is a software engineer with 8 years of experience building scalable Web3 and backend systems from Bengaluru. He has driven high-traffic NFT and minting platforms—architecting gasless mint solutions, dynamic ERC721/1155 contracts, and bot prevention for platforms handling millions of requests and 100k+ mints in a day. As Lead Backend Engineer at Layer-E he cut system overhaul time by 60% with efficient caching and shipped analytics integrations for major NFT projects while managing a 10k+ user base and 50k+ prompts for a Web3 Copilot. At Dehidden he delivered production-grade integrations for Polygon and Coinbase NFT, shipping features like merkle whitelists, auto airdrops, and social-auth wallet onboarding that reduced onboarding time by 80%. Currently contributing at Reclaim Protocol (YC W21) and Questbook part-time, he blends hands-on backend architecture with practical ML/LLM fine-tuning experience for blockchain analytics. Known for turning complex token mechanics into maintainable, high-throughput systems, he pairs deep Web3 domain experience with pragmatic product delivery.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science at Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamKendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
Tamil, Hindi, English, German
Github Skills (36)
javascript10
open-source10
blockchain9
sdk9
frontend9
nextjs8
nextra8
technical-writing8
ruby7
http7
rails7
collaboration7
data-structures6
documentation6
algorithms6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
kryptocodes/kryptocodes
Jul 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
reclaimprotocol/reclaim-js-sdk
Aug 2024 - Jul 2026
JavaScript SDK for easy integration of Reclaim Protocol that enables authenticated web data export via HTTPS and zero-knowledge proofs
Contributions:14 reviews, 7 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 10 months
javascripthacktoberfest-2024reclaim-protocolsdk
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