hello, I'm paarth.

I’m a software engineer who likes building systems from zero to one.

I enjoy distributed systems, tinkering with databases and spinning up infrastructure for agents. I’m also interested in optimizing inference and crafting beautiful experiences for humans (and agents). I care about taste, good product, and fun, hard engineering problems.

I’ve worked at companies of every stage: launching shop.app at Shopify, contributing to large open-source systems like rails/rails, and helping build tempo.new (YC S23) as the founding engineer. Lately, I’ve been working on background agents, agentic infrastructure, sandboxes and multi-modal context management.

I’m currently piecing together the puzzle of life. Outside of engineering, I spend my time on music, writing, training and engaging deeply with my relationships. I’m learning how to be present.