Shaswat Raj
Software Engineer · CS @ BIT Mesra (2022–2026) · Open-Source Contributor
79 PRs merged into repos I don't own — including a merged fix into Google's gemini-cli. Specializing in high-performance web systems, distributed tools, Model Context Protocol (MCP) infrastructure, and scalable AI agent architectures.
Engineering Highlights
SopKit (formerly 30tools) — 605+ Tools & 4.3M+ Requests
High-performance privacy-first utility platform with 605+ tools running 100% client-side via WebAssembly. Scaled to 4.3M+ requests and 213K+ MAU via programmatic SEO. Migrated to https://sopkit.github.io/ for permanent, sustainable open-source hosting.
CampusLoop — Verified College Social Network
Building the verified student-only campus network for 1,350+ Indian colleges. Gatekept by institutional college emails to enable anonymous campus feeds, real-time canteen polls, student marketplace, and encrypted batch time capsules.
Merged fix into Google's gemini-cli
Traced and fixed a cancellation bug in a 107k-star TypeScript codebase (#20405): the active turn's AbortSignal wasn't reaching chat compression, so Ctrl+C left in-flight LLM calls running on a detached controller. Threaded the signal through LocalAgentExecutor and GeminiClient into the compression service. Reviewed and merged by a Google maintainer.
Bitotsav 2026 — Tech Lead & Cloud Infrastructure
Architected high-concurrency event infrastructure serving ~5,000 live participants. Built offline-resilient QR access verification, low-latency Redis state caches, real-time leaderboard telemetry, and AI participant services.
Kishan AI — AICTE APF Round 1 Shortlist (Top 500 across India)
Selected in Round 1 Top 500 nationally across India. Engineered multimodal AI for rural agriculture: offline-tolerant crop pathology vision models, regional voice synthesis, and real-time mandi pricing analytics.
IndexFast & MCP Pure — Agent Infrastructure
Engineered Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers on Cloudflare Workers and a multi-engine indexing pipeline for Google, Bing, and IndexNow protocols with sub-second propagation.
Open source
GitHub15k+
Contributions
TODO(shaswat): pick a replacement stat (e.g. total stars, largest repo's stars, npm downloads)
Signal Stat
79
External PRs merged
800+
Followers
Recent contributions (79PRs merged into repos I don't own)
Site Performance
Lighthouse ReportStatic export deployed to GitHub Pages. Zero tracking, minimal client runtime, and pure static asset delivery.
TODO(shaswat): generate and commit a real Lighthouse run to public/lighthouse.html before publishing benchmark scoresFeatured Projects
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SopKit (formerly 30tools)
2024 – PresentPrivacy-first suite of 605+ free online developer, image, PDF, and productivity tools running 100% client-side via WebAssembly. Scaled to 4.3M+ requests and 213K+ monthly active users with zero server compute bills. Switched from 30tools.com to sopkit.github.io for sustainable, permanent open-source hosting.
CampusLoop
2026 – PresentVerified student-only campus network for 1,350+ Indian colleges. Gatekept by institutional college email verification to enable anonymous confessions, real-time campus feeds, student marketplace, canteen polls, and batch time capsules.
Google Gemini CLI (PR #20778)
2025Core contribution to Google's official gemini-cli. Fixed in-flight stream cancellation race conditions and memory leaks by threading AbortSignal through multi-turn chat compression pipelines. Reviewed and merged upstream by Google engineers.
Technical Depth
Systems & Languages
Backend & Distributed Systems
AI & Agentic Architectures
Cloud, Edge & Infrastructure
Frontend & Performance
Honors & Fellowships
Collegiate Hackathon Wins
2023 – 2025
TODO(shaswat): name the 3 largest wins with links/proof — unverifiable aggregate counts are weaker than named, verified wins.
AICTE Productization Fellowship (APF) 2025
May - July 2025
Shortlisted in Round 1 (Top 500 across India). Developed Kishan AI, an AI-powered Telegram Assistant for farmers with crop disease diagnosis, weather insights, and mandi prices.
Apify Hackathon Winner
2025
Won $100 in the Apify web scraping hackathon. Built a production-ready scraping actor using Apify SDK for automated data extraction from web platforms.
BIT Mesra — B.Tech, Computer Science
2022 – 2026
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science. Active in hackathons, open source, and product building.
About
I am a software engineer focused on building robust, scalable systems and developer tooling. With 79 external PRs merged into open-source repositories I don't own, I take pride in end-to-end craftsmanship — from low-level API design and fault-tolerant cloud backends to razor-sharp, accessible frontends. Currently building CampusLoop (the verified campus network for 1,350+ Indian colleges), architecting MCP server infrastructure, and contributing to open source.
Get in touch
Open to Software Engineering & Founding Engineer roles, distributed systems, and AI infrastructure. Contact me
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