Shadaj loves exploring the boundaries of programming, usually with Scala for its combination of functional and object-oriented concepts. He is currently a student at UC Berkeley studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has interned at
Facebook,
Apollo / Meteor Development Group,
Khan Academy,
Coursera, and
Paya Labs working with technologies such as GraphQL, React.js, Rust, and Scala.js to develop open-source libraries, educational platforms, and backend infrastructure. At Berkeley, he works on research enabling high-level programming languages and abstractions to produce efficient and safer code.
Shadaj hosts many open-source libraries and projects on
GitHub, and has a
channel on YouTube. He has presented a keynote at
OSCON 2014 and at Scala Days (
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018),
GraphQL Summit,
Scale By the Bay, and various other technical conferences. In high school, he was the Co-President of
Lynbrook Robotics, where he led a competitive robotics team of over 100 students. Shadaj loves spreading his love of technology and started TechTalks — a program that brings guest speakers to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with students at a local middle school. He also teaches programming to kids and other beginners through non-profit organizations. When not working on assignments or programming he plays the sitar, an Indian classical instrument and volunteers at a local
non-profit music organization.