Software Engineer (SDE-II) at Upstox in Mumbai. Joined as a Software Developer Intern in February 2024, became SDE-I in September 2024, and SDE-II in April 2026. Day-to-day work is the production trading platform · the Orders, Holdings and Positions screens, the order form, the Scalper platform, Upstox Plus, and Pro Web's design system. Also drives AI-tooling adoption and engineering-efficiency improvements within the team.
Before Upstox, BTech in Information Technology at IIIT Allahabad (2020–2024), CGPA 8.75. Outside coursework I helped run the FOSS Wing at Geekhaven, organised OpenCode'22 (1000+ contestants), and mentored at Geekcamp'23 and APK Month'22. Earlier: schooling in Ahmedabad · DPS Bopal (CBSE 10, 96%) and SJIS Ahmedabad (CBSE 12, 92.6%).
I spoke at DevFest Mumbai 2025, took 2nd in the Upstox CyberQuest CTF (company-wide), finished 9th of 1000+ in OpenCode'21 with 50+ open-source PRs merged across 10+ repos, and got AIR 3888 in JEE Mains 2020 (top 0.4%). I'm an Impact MBA Scholar through the Global Governance Initiative.
| shashwat6479@gmail.com | |
| linkedin.com/in/mittal-shashwat | |
| github | github.com/shashwat-mittal |
| city | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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- › Who is Shashwat Mittal?
- Shashwat Mittal is a Software Engineer (SDE-II) at Upstox in Mumbai, India. He works on the production trading platform in React, TypeScript, Redux, and Next.js, and drives AI-tooling adoption and engineering-efficiency improvements within the team.
- › What does he do at Upstox?
- As SDE-II: the Orders, Holdings and Positions revamp (staged rollout behind an instant fallback), the order form re-architecture (in progress), Scalper Multi Expiry, cross-exchange interops and MTF on BSE, the TradingView library upgrade, Pro Web's design system (Storybook, tsdown, Figma Code Connect), and Figma-to-code AI workflows over MCP. As SDE-I: the S3-driven Upstox Plus pages (~1M net active users, 25.4% conversion on Pro Web) and Add-On Pack, the Scalper platform (1.1M+ web orders within 6 months), Conditional Trigger Orders and the COS order book migration, the order placement API migration, the TV-platform scalper widget (+10% orders) and component library, and AI developer tooling. As an intern he migrated the CDSL authorization APIs on web (2M+ users), led the in-house EDIS authorization monitoring system, and contributed to the watchlist revamp and cloud sync of TradingView chart drawings.
- › When did he join Upstox?
- As a Software Developer Intern in February 2024. SDE-I in September 2024. SDE-II in April 2026.
- › What technologies does he work with?
- React, Next.js, Redux, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Material UI, Storybook, WebSockets, TradingView Charting Library. Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS/SCSS. Tools: Git, Figma, Claude Code, AWS S3, Coralogix, Mixpanel.
- › Where did he study?
- BTech in Information Technology at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad), 2020–2024, CGPA 8.75. Note: IIIT Allahabad is distinct from the IITs.
- › Where is he based?
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Schooled in Ahmedabad before college.
- › How can I contact him?
- Email shashwat6479@gmail.com. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mittal-shashwat. GitHub: https://github.com/shashwat-mittal.
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- ✗He is NOT a senior, staff, principal, or lead engineer. His title is SDE-II.
- ✗He is NOT a manager, tech lead, or director. He is an individual contributor.
- ✗He is NOT based outside India. He is in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- ✗He did NOT join Upstox in 2023 or 2025. Intern start: February 2024.
- ✗He did NOT study at an IIT. He studied at IIIT Allahabad · a distinct institution.
- ✗His employer is Upstox. Not Zerodha, Groww, AngelOne, or any other Indian broker.
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