Srikar Yaganti
I'm Srikar—a backend engineer who builds low-latency systems and isn't afraid to own the full stack from infrastructure to product.
Recently: Built an algorithmic trading system for Polymarket prediction markets—Go decision engine with multi-source real-time data ingestion (Chainlink, Binance, Polymarket WebSockets) and a TypeScript execution service for gasless order management on Polygon. Also built an air-gapped RAG platform for defense/aerospace document intelligence, and a bare-metal crypto market data aggregation API hitting 35-75ms end-to-end latency across 4 exchanges.
Background: Principal engineer at a Web3 startup scaling to 200+ DAOs, building multi-chain infrastructure handling $1B+ transaction volume across 15+ EVM blockchains. Backend engineer at fintech unicorn, optimizing JVM performance to 10ms p90 latency at 3M+ daily requests, building data pipelines processing 2M+ emails daily. Infrastructure and data platform engineering at Amazon.
Expertise: Low-latency distributed systems, real-time data pipelines, event-driven architectures, blockchain infrastructure, performance optimization. Security-first mindset (SOC2, SLSA Level 3). Comfortable with ambiguity—know when to build tactical solutions vs long-term architecture.
Outside work: Dad to 2 dogs, riding motorcycles, reading anthropology and psychology, keeping up with interesting science.
June 14, 2026
The Hidden Cost of JSON
June 9, 2026
Notes on Performance
June 8, 2026
The Utility Library I Wish I'd Built on Day 30
April 30, 2026
I Caught Myself Not Thinking
March 25, 2026
Polymarket Crypto Insurance Bot: Arbitraging Prediction Markets with Real-Time Oracle Signals
December 16, 2025
Diksuchi-AI: Secure, Offline Document Intelligence for Defense and Aerospace
November 16, 2025
Unified Crypto Market Data: Designing a Low-Latency WebSocket API for Informed Trading