S

Sonal Raj

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India14 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led global data engineering and research initiatives.
  • Expert in high-frequency trading architecture.
  • Proven track record in building high-performance teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a focus on high-frequency trading and data engineering.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Data EngineeringHigh-frequency TradingQuantitative ResearchExecution Algorithms

Other Skills

Data QualityFinancial MarketsDistributed SystemsEnterprise ArchitectureEngineering ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)AI / MLFinTechTrading SystemsLow Latency TradingEquity TradingElectronic TradingTrading StrategiesNeo4jC++

About

Leading Global Data Engineering, Quantitative Research, and Generative AI initiatives at a High-Frequency Trading firm (name contractually confidential). Senior Technology & Quant Strategist specializing in the design and deployment of end-to-end systematic trading ecosystems — spanning ultra-low-latency execution infrastructure, scalable financial data platforms, quantitative alpha research, and GenAI-augmented analytics. Proven track record of building and managing high-performance, cross-border engineering and research teams across multiple geographies. Full lifecycle ownership of complex trading technology programs — from signal discovery and statistical modeling to production-grade HFT platforms and real-time risk monitoring. Core expertise includes: * High-Frequency & Algorithmic Trading Architecture (Equities & Derivatives) * Alpha Signal Engineering, Factor Research & Advanced Backtesting Frameworks * Generative AI & LLM Integration for Research Automation and Decision Intelligence * Real-time Market & Alternative Data Engineering (low-latency, distributed systems) * Strategy lifecycle management: Research → Validation → Production → Monitoring * Execution microstructure optimization & performance engineering * End-to-end program and stakeholder management across global teams Combining deep technical execution with strategic leadership, backed by dual Master’s degrees in Management and Computer Science — aligning technology innovation directly with trading performance and PnL outcomes.

Experience

14 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Niti aayog official

Fellow in Public Policy

Mar 2019 – Apr 2019 · 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Worked on developing public policy initiatives for the NITI Aayog (formerly, the Planning Commission of India), the policy think-tank of the Government of India, including analysis of linguistic data corpora for effective availability in public domain to be used in R&D, Defence and Education sectors.

High frequency trading

Vice President & Head, Data Engineering and Research

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • Started the teams and driving the Data and Quantitative Research initiatives for one of the top HFT firms, across functions including Market Data, ML Infrastructure and Analytics, Latency Monitoring Frameworks, Strategy Simulation Tools & Pipelines, along with the Quantitative Research & Modelling infrastructure for optimized trading strategy simulations. Also responsible for product strategy, determining and driving project goals, and developing the teams.
Data QualityFinancial MarketsDistributed SystemsEnterprise ArchitectureEngineering ManagementAmazon Web Services (AWS)+2

The yugen foundation

Executive Board Member

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • A non-profit that aiming to solve global challenges related to education, health, and economic mobility.

The d. e. shaw group

Lead, Quantitative Strat Technologies

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr

  • Part of the futures trading strat group, spearheading efforts to build the next generation time series data framework, predictive forecasts and analysis for trading global futures contracts.
Financial MarketsQuantitative Research

Goldman sachs

VP, Equities One Delta Strategies

Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 · 4 yrs

  • Working in the Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) team on Design and Implementation of Execution Algorithms, the new Low Latency Trading Infrastructure with responsibilities including Mid Frequency Trading, Smart Order Routing, Order Management Systems, Fast and Reactive Signal Publishers/Processors using market data and order data- for exchanges in Americas, Brazil and Canada.
Financial MarketsExecution Algorithms

Packt publishing

2 roles

Author

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr

  • Author of the title - ' Neo4j High Performance ' - about designing scalable applications using the Neo4j graph database. - http://bit.ly/1KhQ4eU

Technical Reviewer

Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs

Sigmoid analytics

Software Development Engineer

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr · Bangalore, India

  • Responsibilities included System design, Implementation, Testing/Debugging and Performance Optimization of Web-based systems. Worked on Machine Learning, Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, Recommendation Engines, NoSQL/Graph Databases and Data Visualization.

Supercomputer education and research center(serc), iisc bangalore

Research Fellow

Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 · 0 mo · Bangalore

  • Project: Distributed Query Processing for optimal path problems using Storm and Neo4J.
  • Designed and tested an efficient distributed architecture with Storm and Neo4J for real time path generation in graphs using Dijkstra’s methods, under the guidance of Dr. J. Lakshmi.

Enfoss

Co-Founder

Jan 2012 – Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Jamshedpur Area, India

  • A startup catering to Business Intelligence and analytics.

Botcubes.com

Co-Founder & Technical Architect

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Jamshedpur Area, India

  • A start-up to cater to robotic enthusiasts by providing an online portal for tools, equipments, books and other robotic resources. Along with that, a forum to unite all hobbyists, collectors and robotics enthusiasts of Schools, Colleges and professionals, was also developed.

Hcl infosystems ltd

Intern

Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 · 0 mo · New Delhi

  • Project: Mediakart
  • Led a team to develop an advanced media search website using J2EE to manage local media and simultaneously integrating with web search engines.

Education

National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech. [Hons.] ) — Computer Science and Engineering

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Business Administration and Management

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - SMU

Master of Science - MS — Information Technology

National Law School of India University

Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Law and Cyber Forensics — Law

Institution of Engineers of India (IEI), Kolkata

Associate Member (AMIE)

Little Flower School, Jamshedpur

Intermediate (10+2) — Science

Little Flower School, Jamshedpur

Matriculation — Science

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