Jay Popat

Developer. Builder. Problem solver.

About Me

I'm a full-stack engineer based in Ireland, recently graduated from the University of Galway with a First Class Honours BSc in Computer Science. I build end-to-end across TypeScript, Rust and Go, and I'm currently exploring agents and the agentic way of development.

Skills

TypeScriptRustGoJava | SpringNext.jsReactAngularNode.jsPostgreSQLSolidityAWS | Docker | LinuxAI / LLMs (MCP, RAG)

Graduate Software Engineer

Fidelity Investments
2026 Aug - Present

Software Engineering Intern

Fidelity Investments
2025 Jan - 2025 August
JavaSpringAngularKarate (BDD)REST APIs
  • Shipped end-to-end features across backend services and Angular frontend pages on a customer-facing platform in an Agile Scrum team
  • Designed and built a reusable BDD/API test framework in Karate, reducing manual QA cycles and accelerating feature delivery across the team
  • Participated in cross-team code reviews and contributed to scalability- and UX-impacting changes through collaboration with adjacent squads

Blockchain Engineering Intern

Unit Network
2024 May - 2024 August
RustFrameSubstratePolkadot-SDK
  • Collaborating with the team on Substrate/FRAME pallet development
  • Writing comprehensive unit tests to ensure functionality and reliability.
  • Conducting benchmarking to optimize performance across multiple pallets.
  • Receiving and incorporating feedback to refine and enhance project quality.

Software Engineering Intern

Cisco
2024 Jun
TypeScriptJenkinsWebex SDK
  • Prototyped an internal booking system for shared EV charger usage, reducing recurring coordination overhead for the office
  • Studied production SaaS architecture and CI/CD pipelines alongside senior engineers