Raja Agarwal

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over ten years of experience in software engineering.
Expertise in algorithmic trading and low-latency systems.
Proven track record in leading high-performance technical teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on algorithmic trading and system efficiency.

Contact

rajaagarwal42@gmail.com +919004311219 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Algorithmic TradingTrade ExecutionLow Latency System DesignStakeholder ManagementSpring FrameworkJ2eeJava

Other Skills

AGILE MethodologyAJAXAndroidCC#C++Core JavaEclipseHTMLHTML 5JSPJava Enterprise EditionJavaScriptJavaServer Pages (JSP)Linux

About

Raja is a Principal at Edelweiss Global Markets, a leading financial services company in India, with over ten years of experience in software engineering and algorithmic trading. He has a strong background in data structures and algorithms, having graduated from IIIT-Allahabad with a B.Tech in Information Technology. He leads the trade execution platform team, designing and developing low-latency, high-throughput systems and frameworks for algorithmic trading, smart order routing, and trade risk management. He manages trading services and exchange connectivity across diverse geographies, using core Java technologies and event-driven architecture. He collaborates with cross-functional teams to create product roadmaps, and mentors and hires tech talent for the department. He also provides technical consulting to startups in the fintech and capital market domains, sharing his expertise and insights.

Experience

13 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Edelweiss global markets

2 roles

Principal

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Product owner of trade execution platform, driving innovation in execution strategies, scalability, and system efficiency

JavaCore JavaAlgorithmic TradingTrade Execution

Vice President

Feb 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos

Leading the trade execution platform team, derivative trading systems, working on low latency system designing
Managing a high performance technical team, working on a mission critical system,
stakeholder management, product roadmap

Low Latency System DesignStakeholder ManagementProduct Roadmap

Accolite

Senior Software Engineer

Jul 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India

I was working on a client side assignment at Morgan Stanley.
Contributed in pre trade approving and margin calculation tool for OTC derivative.
Setting up of interfaces and development of a trading platform for Morgan Stanley using spring framework, J2EE, AGILE Methodology, Worked on counterparty clearing projects, What if margin tools from LCH and CME.

Spring FrameworkJ2EEAGILE Methodology