Aadarsh Shaw

I’m a product-focused Full-Stack Engineer focused on shipping production-grade software at scale, including Web3 and AI systems handling $200M+ in assets and 92M+ monthly requests.

At Polkassembly, I led a 4-person engineering team to build a governance platform from scratch—delivering a Next.js/TypeScript frontend, Node.js + Redis backend services, and Polkadot/Substrate integrations for proposals, voting, and discussions. I also implemented Subsquid-based indexing for real-time governance insights and scaled the system across 60+ active parachains while optimizing performance to handle 92M+ API requests per month.

I also built Klara, an AI governance assistant, researching small language models and reducing response latency by 2x. I designed SQL-based few-shot examples, improved Text-to-SQL prompt engineering, and architected a hybrid retrieval system (BM25 + semantic search with custom re-ranking) plus a GraphQL-to-SQL ingestion pipeline with automated synchronization.

Beyond governance, I engineered high-security treasury solutions (PolkaSafe & Treasurease) with Next.js/TypeScript and Gnosis Safe integrations, securing $200M+ in assets across 2,300+ enterprise wallets. Earlier, I delivered frontend optimization work and a MERN restaurant management ecosystem with a POS system, delivery app, and waiter interface—then reinforced my foundation through a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering.