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Karan Pargal

Karan Pargal

Lead Developer · Trench @ Covalent

I build trading systems that stay correct when markets move.

Lead developer on Trench, a multi-market trading terminal at Covalent. I own the product surfaces, transaction infrastructure, and data pipelines behind it, and set the technical direction for what gets built next.

email karanresume30 min call

16+ hackathon winsudhampur → chennai → bengaluru

shipped

Products that actually went live.

live

Trench

↗

Alpha feed, wallet tracking, and execution across memes, perps, stocks, and more.

lead developer: architecture, product surfaces, transaction infra, data pipelines

sub-second
routing
2 chains
solana + hyperliquid
lead
role
  • react
  • rust
  • solana
  • hyperliquid
  • trading

sunsetted

TMB

↗

Prediction markets with conviction. The full stack went live.

prediction market flows, backend, market mechanics

production
shipped to
end-to-end
market flows
  • prediction
  • web3
  • react
  • node

live · freelance

Atmos

↗

Swap, liquidity pools, PUMP token studio, and rewards. Trade, launch, earn, connect.

Freelance full-stack: entire backend + frontend integration

3 products
dex · amm · launchpad
solo
backend
  • defi
  • supra
  • node
  • react
  • web3

github / karanpargal

view

side projects

Second Brain

Second Brain is a local-first ambient-memory desktop app that captures activity with a Rust engine, embeds it on-device via Ollama, and only ever proposes actions to connected integrations.

Resume-CLI

Resume-CLI is a Rust command-line program that prints Karan Pargal's resume in the terminal.

250+ GitHub stars (as of Sep 2026)

trenches

Where the work happened.

I work on the parts that have to hold under load: transaction pipelines, real-time market data, and the infrastructure that stays correct when markets move. Trench and TMB are the production record. Resume-CLI and Second Brain are where I test new ideas.

Covalent

Lead Developer, Trench
2y 2mo

– Present · Remote

  • Lead developer on Trench (trench.ag), owning the architecture, technical direction, and delivery of a multi-market trading terminal with alpha intelligence, wallet tracking, and fast execution across Solana and Hyperliquid.
  • Set engineering standards and review practices for the Trench codebase across product surfaces, backend services, and data infrastructure.
  • Shipped TMB (tmb.fun), a prediction markets platform; since sunsetted, but went live in production.

shipped hereTrenchTMB

+5 more
  • Engineered scalable transaction-building infrastructure and data pipelines powering the trading terminal.
  • Contributed to GoldRush Streaming API, adding real-time blockchain event subscriptions using Java and Gradle.
  • Built single sign-on and delegation functionality using EIP-7702, 7710, and 7715.
  • Architected backend infrastructure for SpeedRun, an AI-powered Web3 development platform.
  • Enhanced database models, improving data accuracy and processing speed by 15%.

Atmos

Freelance (concurrent)
1y 9mo

– Present · Remote

  • Built the entire backend for Atmos Protocol, a social-driven gamified DeFi trading platform and permissionless token studio on Supra.
  • Owned frontend integration for swap, liquidity, launchpad, and rewards flows.
  • Product is live at atmos.ag with DEX, Hyper AMM, and token launch tooling in production.

shipped hereAtmos

Wells Fargo

Intern Analyst
2mo

– · Chennai, IN

  • Collaborated on a risk analysis tool that increased profit by approximately 25%.
  • Developed optimization techniques on 10 years of historical data, improving risk-adjusted returns and reducing portfolio volatility by 20%.
view all (6 roles)

stack

What I reach for.

Languages

Core languages for systems, contracts, and product surfaces.

  • Python
  • Rust
  • Solidity
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • C
  • C++
  • SQL

Web & Backend

Full-stack product work: APIs, dashboards, and durable background jobs.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Django
  • MongoDB
  • Apache Kafka

Web3 & Protocols

Contracts and integrations kept readable: EVM tooling, DeFi, and JSON-RPC.

  • Ethers
  • Web3
  • EVM
  • EIP-7702
  • DeFi
  • JSON-RPC

AI/ML & Cloud

Modeling, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure for ML workloads.

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • scikit-learn
  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • NLP
  • CV
  • AWS

receipts

Credentials, and how I got here.

Full scholarship to SRM Chennai, then straight into shipping. Next Tech Lab and Blockchain Club SRM for the early reps. Covalent for the real work: prediction markets, GoldRush, agentic tooling, and products people open in a browser every day.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

B.Tech CS (AI/ML) · –

selected wins

Flux

ETHGlobal New Delhi

Fluence track winner

Agentic web3 support: docs context, tx decode, embeddable widget.

SupraNova

ETHIndia

Lit Protocol 1st · Supra 1st

Twitter-backed smart accounts on Supra via Lit Protocol custom auth.

APY-LO

Unfold

Agoric 1st

Cross-chain lending with dynamic APY and orchestration across chains.

LenDen

Unfold

Router Protocol 1st

Cross-chain liquidity with on-chain credibility scores.

Servify

ETHIndia

Push Protocol best project

Local services with on-chain credibility.

hackathon wins
16+
resume-cli stars
250+
cgpa @ srm ist
9.75
scholarship
100%

offline

When I'm not shipping.

last played · curated

When the Sun Hits

Slowdive

recents

  • When the Sun Hits

    Slowdive

  • Sugar for the Pill

    Slowdive

  • Space Song

    Beach House

  • Cherry-coloured Funk

    Cocteau Twins

  • Motion Sickness

    Phoebe Bridgers

fav albums

Souvlaki

Slowdive

412 plays

Depression Cherry

Beach House

387 plays

Heaven or Las Vegas

Cocteau Twins

301 plays

Stranger in the Alps

Phoebe Bridgers

256 plays

coordinates · Bengaluru, Karnataka

7 placesdrag · scroll · zoom

off the clock

games
FPS · RPG · AAA titles
sports
cricket · badminton
finance
markets · trading · the boring math behind conviction

reach

Want to build something?