Shivank Kapur
About
Relentlessly curious and fiercely high‑agency, I'm a senior software engineer who thrives on taking products from zero to production‑ready in record time. Having worked across crypto startups and fast-paced organizations, I've built a reputation as a cracked engineer who solves hard problems fast and owns the entire product stack end-to-end. My knack for rapid problem‑solving and end‑to‑end ownership turns complex ideas into polished, scalable products that ship fast and scale even faster.
Journey
Founding Head of Product - ChimpX AI
- Joined as a sr. product engineer and now heading the product & engineering team.
- Building an end-to-end trading infrastructure to provide the best UX for onboarding users to crypto.
- Handling the entire product side from scratch and leading the research & development side.
- Planning out the product roadmap and working on various partner integrations along with the GTM strategy.
DevRel Engineer - Router Protocol
- Worked on SDK, CLI, and dev documentation and weekly audits for developer resources & fixed issues in testnet v2.
- Built a liquidity dashboard to track the liquidity of ROUTE token across all exchanges and give real-time updates on slack.
- Built Router Academy - Platform for learning cross-chain development using router protocol - www.academy.routerprotocol.com.
- Evangelized about the products - router nitro and cross-chain intent framework.
Integrations Engineer - MerkleHQ
- Led the frontend engineering team.
- Worked on solana and other protocol integrations.
- Did extensive testing of the products like wardrobe.live and fomowtf.com in alpha and beta phase.
Research Analyst - BlackRabbit
- Conducted in-depth research on various cryptocurrency projects, blockchain technology, and decentralized finance (defi) protocols. Especially in bitcoin, ethereum, depin, solana, rwa ecosystem.
- Analyzed market trends, industry news, and emerging developments in the crypto space.
- Assisted with report planning, editorial calendar management, and report distribution across multiple platforms.
- Created high-quality written reports, including articles, blog posts and social media updates, to educate and engage our audience.
Side Products
Orderbook Simulation Engine
A tool that allows users to simulate orderbook data for any JSON file and creates trades for that using a robust rust backend.
OnlyStans - AI Influencer Management Platform
Create & automate your own AI influencers. Endless personalities, endless possibilities. Build your brand, grow your fanbase, and turn your ideas into income.
LFG Trade - Solana Trading Bot
A telegram bot that allows users to trade any memecoin across pumpfun/raydium, manage their portfolio & perform token analysis of any token.
Defi Intents
Mobile application for tracking health metrics with AI-powered insights and personalized recommendations.
Paytream - Cosmos Payroll
A DApp to provide a convenient way for employees to receive their salaries. Instead of waiting until end of the month to receive their salary, employees can now receive their salary anytime, on any chain, using PayStream.
Efficient Bridge Estimator API
An API that helps users source a target amount of USDC (e.g., on Polygon) by analyzing their funds spread across multiple chains. It computes the most efficient bridging routes—possibly using multiple source chains—to consolidate and deliver the desired amount with optimal cost and speed.
AI Hedge Fund Trading App
A hedge fund of AI agents that work together to gather stock data, analyse it, and execute buy and sell orders based on the results.
Liquidity Dashboard - Automated Token Tracking
A real-time dashboard created to analyze the liquidity of ROUTE token across all listed CEXs along with slack integration to send updates there.
Rome Protocol Dev Academy
An academy comprising of extensive developer resources on how to build using Rome Protocol.