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Vaibhav Arora @0xvaibhav_
Full Stack Engineer | Passionate about ZK and distributed systems

Hi, I’m Vaibhav Arora — a Full Stack Engineer passionate about building scalable systems, decentralized infrastructure, and privacy-preserving applications.

I work at the intersection of DeFi, and Zero-Knowledge cryptography, architecting systems that balance performance and on-chain privacy.
When not building, I’m often deep-diving into cryptography, distributed systems, or exploring new blockchain primitives.

Experience

Full Stack Engineer — Syntax Studios

Jun 2025 – Nov 2025

  • Lead backend architecture for Splat, a Solana perpetual trading protocol integrating Hyperliquid for perps and Jupiter for swaps.
  • Scaled the platform to 10K+ users and $15M+ trading volume on launch.
  • Designed cross-protocol execution layers for atomic trades and low-latency settlements.

Full Stack Engineer — IceStaking

Jan 2024 – Jun 2025

  • Operated Solana validator, RPC, and archival nodes as part of a Nodes-as-a-Service platform, with production observability and monitoring across 100K+ staked SOL.
  • Built a ZK-based reward distribution system for Decharge, automating daily reward calculations and payouts for 150+ users.
  • Developed a latency-optimized MEV execution engine in Rust, executing atomic trades across 8+ DEXs using real-time on-chain state subscriptions.
  • Engineered the end-to-end backend infrastructure for a cross-chain DeFi protocol enabling LST/LRT leveraged looping, perpetual trading, and protocol-agnostic staking across multiple chains.

Full Stack Engineer — BuildersTribe

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023

  • Built Horus, a signal-driven internal discovery system aggregating social and GitHub activity to identify emerging Web3 startups.
  • Designed scalable ingestion and analysis pipelines handling 70K+ entities, surfacing 200+ early-stage projects.

Projects

  • ExplorerX — Deploy and interact with contracts across multiple chains with a single click.
  • Simplefluid — Token streaming super app implementing CFA, IDA, and permissions transfers.
  • FVMCall — Filecoin VM project enabling verifiable off-chain computation (ETHGlobal).
  • ZkVote — Privacy-preserving on-chain voting using zero-knowledge proofs.
  • LXLY Scan — Multi-bridge explorer for seamless cross-chain analytics for Polygon zkEVM.

Achievements

  • 🏆 18× Hackathon Winner — including Polygon DevX India, Chainlink Constellation, and ETHGlobal.
  • 💰 $25,000+ total prize winnings across DeFi and ZK tracks.
  • 🎯 Base Fellowship 2024 — Selected as 1 of 29 fellows out of 500+ applicants.
  • ⚙️ Worked with few other startups such as BuidlersTribe and Clamp.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks:
TypeScript, Rust, Solidity, React, Next.js, Node.js, Nest.js, GraphQL, Express, MongoDB, Redis

Web3 Stack:
Solana Web3.js, Ethers.js, Viem, Hardhat, Anchor

DevOps & Tools:
Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Git, Mocha.js, Grafana, CI/CD

Contact

📧 aroravaibhav817@gmail.com
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💻 GitHub
🔗 LinkedIn