Summary
Kavan Desai is a software development engineer with 10 years of experience and a track record of delivering scalable backend architectures and services. He is currently building backend systems at Pedals Up as a Software Development Engineer - 1, focusing on robust, scalable services. His career includes impactful open-source work through Google Summer of Code with the Dart organization and contributions to blockchain/open-source projects like Summer of Bitcoin. He also has hands-on mobile and fintech experience, including Android development with Flutter, Razorpay integration, and a performance-optimized search feature using the Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm achieving around 4 ms for 200 items. Based in Ahmedabad, India, he earned a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering with a 3.28/4 GPA from the School of Engineering and Applied Science, showcasing both breadth and depth across backend, mobile, and open-source domains.
10 years of coding experience