# Nishaad N.

> Software engineer

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nishaad

I'm a graduate of UC Berkeley with degrees in Computer Science and Economics. By trade, I am a software engineer with experience developing on the Ethereum blockchain as well as traditional backend (python, java)

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Eco
Jan 2021 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area

### Software Engineer @ VM Capital
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Designed and built out arbitrage engine support for 1inch limit orders - processed platform data into orders, examined orders for potentially profitable opportunities, constructed corresponding transactions to optimally fill profitable orders
•	Implemented a critical feature to store and retry potentially profitable transaction bundles in the next block
•	Onboarded new tokens including Alchemix (alUSD) and Staked Airswap (sAST)
•	Tools: Python, Solidity

### Software Engineer @ MyVest
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Performed critical software development and maintenance on the Investment Management product
•	Helped design and develop a customizations feature allowing users to make granular portfolio composition decisions
•	Tools: Java (Spring), Cassandra, SQL, Docker

### Instructor and Curriculum Developer:  Berkeley Blockchain Lab @ University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Berkeley, CA
•	Wrote and delivered technical lectures on smart contract development on Ethereum
•	Served as the resident solidity expert/advisor for the Blockchain Lab course at UC Berkeley
•	Advised students on projects from concept to implementation

### Education Lead @ Blockchain at Berkeley
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Heading the Web3 project team researching methods to foster more effective web-blockchain interactions
•	Creating a “Keynesian Beauty Contest” prediction market to robustly gauge public opinion on manual queries & tweets, using Solidity, web3.js, the Truffle framework, and Twitter’s API
•	Co-wrote lectures for Blockchain at Berkeley’s EdX course on Blockchain Technology

### Energy and Blockchain Analyst @ EDF
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
•	Performed a dual role as both software engineer and technical consultant for one of the world’s largest utility companies 
•	Designed a Proof of Concept for a Renewable Energy Credit transfer system using Solidity and the Truffle framework
•	Architected a novel non-fungible token concept optimized for high volume trading

### Vice President of Finance @ Beta Theta Pi - Omega Chapter
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Managed the finances of the fraternity during my first year as a part of the organization
- Created and implemented a comprehensive budget plan ($25k+) for the Spring of 2017 
- Assisted the Executive Board in planning and conceptualizing future events
- Oversaw the payment of member dues through BillHighway

### Tutor @ Mathnasium
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014


## Education
### Economics/Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Naperville North High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nknavkal

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Last updated: 2026-04-05