Sarthak S.

CTO

Chicago, Illinois, United States5 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in low-latency systems development.
Strong background in finance and technology integration.
Proven track record in leading technical teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional with expertise in low-latency trading systems.

Contact

sarthaksehgal00@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

C++Low-latency SystemsJava SpringbootPythonReactReact NativeVuejs

Other Skills

Android StudioAngularJSBootstrapCC++23CSSDjangoExpressGoogle AnalyticsHTML5JavaScriptKafkaLow latency execution appsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

About

I am a software engineer at Maven Securities, a high frequency options market-making firm. I thrive on tackling complex problems through technology to keep myself mentally engaged. The dynamic nature of markets fulfilled this drive, leading me to the intersection of finance and technology. I am currently part of the execution team, where I develop low-latency strategy systems using C++23.

Experience

5 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Maven securities

3 roles

Tech Lead

Promoted

Aug 2025 – Present · 10 mos

I lead low-latency quoting for the Americas and Europe at Maven, building systems used by all trading desks and driving significant PnL. Alongside hands-on C++ development, I shape the team’s technical vision, collaborate closely with traders, and apply deep knowledge of trading strategies.

C++Low-latency systemsTrading strategies

Software Engineer

Nov 2023 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

Building low latency execution apps for options market making (C++23)

C++23Low latency execution appsC++

Software Engineer

Sep 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

C++

Nutanix

Software Engineer Intern

Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Implemented VASA Provider, a storage awareness service for interacting with VMWare’s ESXi hypervisor, using Java SpringBoot. The service allowed clients to leverage Nutanix’s storage resources while using VMWare’s compute resources.

Java SpringBootVASA ProviderVMWare

Bloomberg lp

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2021 – Nov 2021 · 5 mos

Implemented an end-to-end architecture for portfolio rules management, triggering and alerting using Python, C++, PostgreSQL and Kafka.

PythonC++PostgreSQLKafka

Birla institute of technology and science, pilani

Teaching Assistant, Data Structures and Algorithms

Jan 2021 – Jun 2021 · 5 mos · Rajasthan, India

Bloomberg lp

Software Engineer Intern

Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 · 2 mos

Designed and implemented a Grafana like analytics dashboard using React, TypeScript and Python microservices to visualize metrics stored in PostgreSQL
Adopted Test Driven Development and wrote unit tests using PyTest achieving 100% coverage
Setup CI pipeline, and exceeded requirements at each stage that led to the application being pushed to production

ReactTypeScriptPythonPostgreSQL

Postman

Software Engineering Intern

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Taught myself Chrome DevTools Protocol and implemented a custom UI DevTool using React and MobX
Built a performance profiler in the dev tools that identified various performance bottlenecks in the app
Implemented custom UI component filtering based on attributes that identified inconsistent props in React components and assisted in refactoring code

ReactMobX

Open bioinformatics foundation

Google Summer of Code 2018 - Student

May 2018 – Aug 2018 · 3 mos

Successfully completed GSoC as a freshman. Developed new frontend web app for BioJS (Open Bioinformatics Foundation) using VueJS to enable users to search biological components and view visualizations on the web. Mentored a student in 2019 and became org admin in 2020.

VueJS

Bitespeed

Senior Web Developer

Mar 2018 – May 2018 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Designed UI/UX and developed a web app to ease the process of ordering in a cafe.
Web app incorporated as web-view for a Facebook messenger bot.
Technologies used: VueJS, Webpack, Google Analytics

VueJSWebpackGoogle Analytics

Department of visual media, bits pilani

Web and iOS Developer

Aug 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos · Rajasthan, India

Developed first-ever iOS app using React Native and Redux for cultural and technical fests of BITS Pilani having over 500 downloads. Built various websites and web apps using React. github.com/dvm-bitspilani | bit.ly/apogee2019

React NativeRedux