Alok Kumar Diwakar

Software Engineer

India10 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in low-latency, high-performance engineering.
Proven track record in algorithmic trading systems.
Strong background in machine learning and quantitative finance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert specializing in algorithmic trading and low-latency systems.

Contact

alokkumardiwakar1993@gmail.com +91-7738987019 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ApplicationsC++Algorithmic TradingElectronic TradingLow Latency TradingMarket Data

Other Skills

AlgorithmsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Core JavaDeep LearningDirect Market AccessHigh-Frequency TradingJavaLangChainLarge Scale SystemsLightGBMMachine LearningMarket MakingPythonPython (Programming Language)QuantLib

About

Programming & System – C++, Core Java, Python; low-latency, high-performance engineering Software Design – Algorithms & data structures; functional, object and data-oriented design Concurrency & Architecture – Multi-process, Multithread architecture, Event-driven and distributed systems Performance & Infrastructure – CPU internals, Memory I/O, Networking, Optimisation Machine Learning – PyTorch, Machine learning, Scipy, Numpy, LightGBM,xgboost, LangChain Quant & Trading Systems – Algorithmic, Quant development; Market making; Arbitrage models, Risk & Control Engine, High Speed market data, Exchange connectivity & Direct market access (DMA), Order & Execution Management System, matching engines, backtesting

Experience

Salesforce

Senior Member of Technical Staff

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Low latency, C++, Java and proprietary technologies.
Working on Revenue Cloud Scale and AI Infra. Design and development of Revenue Cloud solutions and scaling those services. Quote & Order, Pricing, Risk, Configurator. On Core/Off Core. Services, Data Processing Engine and Billing

Large Scale SystemsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ApplicationsJavaC++

Morgan stanley

Algorithm Developer

Feb 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hong Kong SAR

Algorithmic Trading Developer - Low latency C++, Core Java, Trading, Risk and Control, C++20, Python and Proprietary technology
Trading Infrastructure and Design Services specializing in High Frequency Trading
Smart order routing and internalization
Client side / market side risk controls
Direct market access and Direct client connectivity for top tier quant clients
Abnormal trading, risk & auction control algorithms
Low latency market access / exchange co-location
C++ performance optimization and refactoring

C++Algorithmic TradingPython (Programming Language)Low Latency TradingHigh-Frequency TradingQuantitative development

Undisclosed quantitative research hedge fund

Quantitative Developer

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022 · 9 mos · Hong Kong SAR

Technology - C++20, Python
Financial Exchange Connectivity, Proximity and Co-location Design and Implementation
Matching Engine development & optimisation for research & backtesting- L3 order book, strategy simulation
HKEX derivative & security Market
Developed and designed shared memory transport, for events distribution between multiple processes.
Core features - memory pool allocator, covariance matrix, custom formatting, faster trie based lookup

Low Latency TradingAlgorithmic TradingQuantitative FinanceC++Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)+2

Credit suisse

Software Engineer. Direct Market Access, Electronic Trading & Execution

Jun 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai

C++. Design, build and maintain a low latency, high-performance, adaptive Direct Market Access platform having 200 plus venues - Execution algorithms & Order Management System, Exchange Connectivity ( FIX/Binary engines)
Core libraries, shared components
Development and enhancement of features, new markets and low latency execution algorithms

Electronic TradingHigh-Frequency TradingLow Latency TradingAlgorithmsDirect Market Access

Citi

Software Engineer. High Speed Market Data, Electronic Trading

Jun 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai

Technology - C++, Core Java, Zero GC Java
Real-time, low-latency, high speed market data feeds. Responsible for back-end infrastructure of the feed processing over 5 million price updates per second. Developed next-gen Market Data system
Order Book building algorithm - depth aggregation, composite book creation
Scalable market data feed handlers, Simulator
Performance optimisation of market-data trading system

Market DataCore JavaJavaC++Algorithmic Trading

Indian institute of technology, bombay

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jul 2015 – Apr 2016 · 9 mos

Teaching Assistant for Signals and Systems, responsible for conducting tutorials, evaluation of assignments and examination-scripts

Floatpage

Lead Programmer, FloatPage (Startup)

Oct 2014 – Feb 2015 · 4 mos

A categorical (with anon, private and public) social network which enables users to float, read and discover resources. Users can build their own index and search other users’ resources as well