Engineer · Builder · Problem Solver
Vivek
Bhardwaj
I'm an engineer and builder, a Computer Science & Business graduate of Waterloo and Laurier. Over the past few years I've worked across AI/ML, venture capital, fintech, and automated trading.
Experience
Teams where I've shipped interesting things.
Upfront Ventures
Applied AI & Venture · Los Angeles & New York
Led engineering efforts across the firm and sat on the Investment Committee. Architected an AI platform powering a live fundraise, and shipped AI agents and MCP tools that surfaced and ranked leads across the deal pipeline.
Palantir Technologies
Engineering · Denver, CO
Led development of OAuth 2.0 server-to-server authentication between Foundry and external systems.
Shopify
Engineering · Toronto, ON
Expanded Shop Pay Installments to Canada and UK markets in partnership with Stripe and Affirm.
Composer
Engineering · Toronto, ON
Shipped Composer iOS for an automated trading platform with $5B monthly trading volume.
Cradle
Engineering · Toronto, ON
Built a crypto wallet for gamers on the SUI blockchain.
Royal Bank of Canada
Engineering · Toronto, ON
Built mobile observability tool monitoring key SLI/SLOs for 30+ microservices.
Royal Bank of Canada
Engineering · Toronto, ON
Built Angular web app facilitating corporate-wide event interactions for 90k employees.
Education
Through Canada's renowned Waterloo-Laurier Double Degree program, I earned two undergraduate degrees in five years while completing six internships along the way.
University of Waterloo
Bachelor's of Computer Science (BCS) · Artificial Intelligence specialization
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University
Bachelor's of Business Administration (BBA) · Strategic Management concentration
Skills
The tools I'm most familiar with and build things with every day.
Leadership
Represented Canada at International Case Competitions with a track record of podium finishes across the world.
Co-Captain of the Year
Led a team of 60+ individuals
JDCC School of the Year 2nd Place
Waterloo, ON
JDCC Academic Cup 2nd Place
Waterloo, ON
University of Porto International Case Competition 1st Place
Porto, Portugal
Copenhagen Business School Case Competition Invitational Competitor
Copenhagen, Denmark
Belgrade Business International Case Competition Competitor
Belgrade, Serbia
Rotterdam Carleton International Case Competition Finalist
Rotterdam, Netherlands
University of Navarra International Case Competition 1st Place
Pamplona, Spain
Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition 1st Place
Vermont, USA
University of Porto International Case Competition 3rd Place
Porto, Portugal
Academic Cup 1st Place
Ottawa, Canada
Digital Strategy 1st Place
Ottawa, Canada
JDCC School of the Year 2nd Place
Ottawa, Canada