Viraj Maddur

Software Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States4 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Experienced in quantitative research and algorithm development.
Strong programming skills in Python and C++.
Led engineering initiatives in high-frequency trading.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a quantitative researcher with expertise in financial technology and algorithmic trading.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentProgrammingQuantitative ResearchResearchQuantitative AnalysisData AnalysisModel DevelopmentAlgorithm DevelopmentMarket MakingTeachingSimulationWeb Development

Other Skills

AlgorithmsApache SparkBashC++Competitive ProgrammingCythonGitHadoopJavaKerasMachine LearningMySQLObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)PyTorchPython (Programming Language)

About

Reach out to me if you'd like to talk about potential HFT/Startup opportunities, the great sport of Ultimate Frisbee, and all things dog related!

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Decagon

Member of Technical Staff

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Engineer #7, Pod Lead

Python (Programming Language)TypeScriptSoftware DevelopmentProgramming

Headlands technologies llc

2 roles

Gardening Leave

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Tending to my Lego plants

Research Developer (Quantitative Researcher)

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

HFT Futures + Market Structure

Python (Programming Language)C++JavaQuantitative ResearchSoftware Development

Drw

Quantitative Research Intern

Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 · 2 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Researched intraday signals for active (liquidity-taking) strategies on US equities

Python (Programming Language)C++ResearchQuantitative Analysis

Openstore

Pricing Researcher

Dec 2021 – Jun 2022 · 6 mos · Miami, Florida, United States

Developed explainable models to forecast revenue and wrote the backtesting engine to facilitate automated pricing of Shopify merchants

Python (Programming Language)Data AnalysisModel Development

Jump trading llc

Quantitative Research Intern

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Explored applications of reinforcement learning to the optimal cancellation of passive orders for various instruments
Worked on pairs-trading alpha research for use on the US equities market

Python (Programming Language)CythonResearchAlgorithm Development

Kalshi

Trading Intern

Jan 2021 – May 2021 · 4 mos · Remote

Wrote automated market making algorithm in Python to place and update orders for all open contracts on the exchange

Python (Programming Language)Algorithm DevelopmentMarket Making

Drw

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 · 2 mos · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Wrote a venue simulator from scratch in C++ utilizing various POSIX thread and network programming libraries

C++Software DevelopmentSimulation

The university of texas at austin

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 · 11 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

Teaching a competitive programming class for students at UT Austin (CS104C). The course involves advanced data structures and algorithms typically seen in competitive programming competitions as ACM ICPC.

C++TeachingProgramming