Nitin Aggarwal — CEO
Engineering manager with 7+ years of experience building and scaling mission-critical trading, portfolio management, and cloud data platforms in high-performance environments. Passionate about solving complex problems at the intersection of finance, distributed systems, and engineering leadership. Currently a Project Leader at D. E. Shaw India, managing a team of 7 engineers and owning end-to-end delivery and operational stability of low-latency portfolio management systems supporting real-time trading, P&L, risk, and exposure analytics across multiple business verticals, including CAS (Convertible Arbitrage Strategies), CROP (Credit Opportunities), SPACS (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies), CMS (Capital Market Solutions), and QCOR (Quant Corporates). Previously developed technology platforms and tools for discretionary investment groups such as Asset Backed Securities (ABS), Macro, Fundamental Equities, Energy Trading etc. at D.E. Shaw. Proven track record of architecting and scaling high-performance systems using proprietary and distributed frameworks, and leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from conception through production. Partner closely with traders, analysts, and quantitative researchers to translate sophisticated financial requirements into robust, production-grade technical solutions, with selective adoption of GenAI/LLM tools to enhance productivity and decision-making. Strong people leader with hands-on experience in mentoring engineers, driving performance and career development, and building high-performing, sustainable teams. Known for balancing technical rigor with execution velocity while ensuring operational excellence in latency and reliability-sensitive environments. Previously at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), built and scaled distributed ETL and orchestration cloud services, designing systems for large-scale Spark execution, Airflow pipelines, Kafka-based traffic routing, and cloud-native microservices under Big Data & AI Group at Oracle. Strong expertise in C++, Java, Python, Microservices, Spring Boot, Docker, Apache Kafka and Redis Certified OCI Developer and Architect Former Mitacs Globalink Research Intern (2018) @ UoR, Canada Former Junior Research Fellow (2017) @ TIFR, Mumbai IIT Roorkee'19 Batch, B.Tech Graduate in Electrical Engineering with Minor Specialization in Computer Science Connect with me for a 1:1 catch up via topmate.io/nitinaggarwal
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with strong capabilities in distributed systems and engineering leadership.
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Experience: 9 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Microservices
- Portfolio Management
- Technology Development
- Distributed Systems
- Data Orchestration
- Data Integration
Career Highlights
- 7+ years in engineering management and fintech.
- Expert in building low-latency trading systems.
- Strong leadership in mentoring and team development.
Work Experience
The D. E. Shaw Group
Project Leader (2 yrs 4 mos)
Senior Member Technical (9 mos)
Oracle
Senior Member of Technical Staff (SDE III) (1 yr 6 mos)
Member of Technical Staff (SDE II) (2 yrs 1 mo)
Electrical Engineering Students Society (EESS)
Joint Secretary (10 mos)
University of Regina
Visiting Researcher (3 mos)
Academic Reinforcement Program - IIT Roorkee
Undergraduate(UG) Teaching Assistant (1 mo)
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Junior Research Fellow (2 mos)
Student Mentorship Program, IIT Roorkee
Student Mentor (2 yrs 8 mos)
DOT Technologies Private Limited
Marketing Intern (2 mos)
Education
B.Tech at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Mathematics and Computer Science at Little Flowers Public Senior Secondary School
