Aug 2020 – Aug 2023 · 3 yrs · Hong Kong SAR · On-site

• Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration with Quantitative Research, Execution Trading, Portfolio Managers, and Business Operations, resulting in a reduction in complex trading workflow execution time.
• Pioneered automation initiatives, leading to an increase in efficiency and a decrease in trading errors.
• Established strong relationships with Exchanges and Brokers, facilitating seamless upgrades, setups, and FIX connectivity, ensuring maximum uptime for daily operations.
• Proactively monitored and maintained the health of the trading infrastructure, resolving issues both tactically and strategically, resulting in a decrease in system downtime.
• Designed comprehensive release plans and meticulously verified changes, ensuring system stability and operational efficiency, leading to a reduction in post-release issues.
• Overhauled reconciliation procedures, streamlining processes and enhancing accuracy, resulting in decrease in reconciliation time and increase in reporting accuracy.
• Optimized connectivity setups and cost/inventory management, preparing the desk for external changes and minimizing disruptions, leading to a reduction in connectivity-related issues and a decrease in inventory management costs.
• Partnered with Portfolio Finance to streamline daily desk financing and stock loan activity, ensuring seamless trading and position management.
• Reinforced Market Access Controls through rigorous review and open dialogue, implementing risk control measures, including daily hedges, rolls, and position divests, resulting in a reduction in risk exposure.

Jan 2020 – Jun 2020 · 5 mos · On-site

• Orchestrated the onboarding of Crypto-Currency Venues, expediting the process by 30% and ensuring seamless integration with existing trading systems.
• Streamlined application release deployment, achieving a reduction in deployment time and a decrease in post-deployment issues.
• Successfully introduced derivative products (BTC/XRP/ETH) globally for Tower Trading strategies, resulting in an increase in trading volume and a 10% growth in client base.
• Forged strong collaborative relationships with Finance, Business, Development, and Risk teams, fostering cross-functional communication that enhanced project success rates.
• Partnered closely with US Equity, Commodity, Fixed Income, and FX exchanges to implement continuous automation initiatives, analyzing over 10,000 lines of code and identifying potential automation opportunities.
• Meticulously analyzed the impact of application logic as mandatory market updates rolled out, preventing potential compliance and operational issues.

Apr 2019 – Dec 2019 · 8 mos · On-site

• Implemented Fee calculations for Bitcoins including Perpetuals and Inverse Price Futures, streamlining the fee calculation process and reducing errors by 25%.
• Automated EOD processes for position synchronisations between exchange and Tower, eliminating manual intervention and improving data accuracy.
• Real-time analyzed raw packet capturing at the network switches for analyzing market quotes, latency issues, debugging, and identifying/correcting issues using Wireshark, reducing trading latency.
• Possessed in-depth knowledge of FIX and REST specifications, exploited for design and implementation of augmented Tower's internal systems, enhancing system performance and scalability.

Aug 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · On-site

• Actively monitored and executed trading strategies for various trading teams across the globe (post-trade, market data analysis, and risk management), ensuring seamless trade execution and achieving a 99.9% uptime for trading operations.
• Designed and documented a comprehensive Support level system using dashboards to report the status of production deployments, enabling proactive issue identification and resolution.
• Implemented health check scripts and bandwidth analysers, resulting in a 20% reduction in system downtime and a 15% improvement in network performance.
• Took ownership of System and Application level maintenance to ensure maximum uptime of trading infrastructure.
• Authored and optimized proprietary core technology, including Trading Applications and Market data processes, leading to an increase in trading efficiency and a decrease in latency.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of trading strategies with FPGA cards and low latency network topologies, including microwaves, low-band, and meta devices, contributing to the development of cutting-edge trading solutions that minimize latency and maximize profitability.

Oct 2016 – Aug 2017 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Integral member of the Aggregation team, spearheading the analysis of daily VaR and Sensitivity changes, crafting comprehensive reports on Counterparty and Issuer Risk, and providing insightful commentary to Senior Market Risk Managers.
• Proactively monitored Credit spread, IR, and FX Sensitivities, diligently reporting Market Risk exposure to both internal and Federal Regulatory agencies, ensuring compliance and adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Effectively assessed the Bank's VaR Model accuracy and effectiveness by meticulously performing Backtesting on Actual/Hypothetical PnL vs. VaR, contributing to the optimization of risk management strategies.

Sep 2013 – Sep 2016 · 3 yrs · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · On-site

• Collaborated closely with a reputed asset management client to ensure that traders received accurate live market prices for fixed income instruments from various vendors.
• Streamlined the workflow of multiple background processes, guaranteeing seamless data transmission and real-time price updates.
• Proactively maintained the robustness and health of the system responsible for fetching live market prices from vendors like Reuters and Bloomberg, averting 99.9% of potential system downtime.
• Identified and reported anomalies in business days historical saved data, ensuring data integrity and the preservation of accurate market price records.

Jan 2013 – Jun 2013 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Collaborated with the QA team to successfully launch the Hot Springs and OSS Scheduling products
• Empowered clients with advanced planning and scheduling capabilities, boosting order satisfaction and augmenting throughput
• Conducted Regressive, Negative, UI and Compatibility Manual Software Testing, demonstrating proficiency in the full system development lifecycle

May 2012 – Jun 2012 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Design Assistant, National Dandi Memorial Project
•  Developed 3D-models and renders using Autodesk Maya for various components of the National Dandi Memorial Project
•  Designed concepts and made walkthroughs and presentations in co-ordination with technical experts and consultative team

Aug 2009 – Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Pilani, Rajasthan

• Majored in Electronics and instrumentation Engineering.
• Core team member of the animation team responsible for designing the promotional videos for the Cultural Festival OASIS(2010-2011) and Technical festival APOGEE(2010-2011).