pravinbs

Quantitative Developer

I am an experienced quantitative developer having worked in TradeFi, CeFi and DeFi over 25 years.


Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $180,000

Hourly rate: $100

Nationality: 🇮🇳 India

Residency: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong


Experience

Software Engineer, Crypto Markets Technology
Tower Research Capital
2025 - 2026
- Designed and implemented low-latency C++ systems for high-frequency trading across multiple crypto exchanges. - Developed and optimized market-making and execution strategies in Rust for both CeFi and DeFi environments. - Managed real-time market data pipelines and trading infrastructure supporting quantitative research and live trading.
Quantitative Developer & Strategist
AlphaQraft
2022 - 2025
- Developed algorithmic trading strategies for crypto CeFi and DeFi markets using Python and Rust. - Enhanced low-latency connectivity and execution logic in C++ for high-frequency crypto trading. - Built automated market-making and liquidity provision systems for centralized and decentralized platforms.
Independent Quantitative Strategist & Consultant
Self-Employed
2014 - 2020
- Won 2016 Quantopian Trading Contest; allocated and managed a live $15M long/short equity portfolio. - Developed and deployed delta-neutral automated market-making strategies for crypto perpetual swaps using RL. - Built delta-neutral LP strategies on BNB Chain AMM (Thena.Fi) generating yield on stable & volatile pairs. - Architected a central-limit-order-book DeFi protocol on NEAR and led a team of 15 engineers to deliver a greenfield CeFi exchange. - Created intent-based solvers using optimal transport for CoW Swap (Velvet Capital).
Vice President - Asia Head of X-One Platform
Societe Generale
2013 - 2014
- Led a distributed team of 5 developers across Hong Kong, Japan, and Bangalore in building and maintaining the X-One trading platform. - Oversaw platform enhancements, low-latency optimizations, and integration with regional exchanges.
Manager - Equities & Derivatives
Macquarie Bank
2012 - 2013
- Index arbitrage on Hang Seng futures.
Vice President - FX Structured Products Technology
Nomura International
2011 - 2012
- Built a pricing platform generating over US$1 million in revenue within 6 months.
AVP - Exotic Derivatives Pricing
Barclays Capital
2009 - 2011
- As a team leader, developed C++ based pricing system for equity derivative exotic products, leading a team of 5 developers in Hong Kong.
AVP - Electronic Trading
Credit Suisse
2003 - 2008
- Developed low-latency Direct Market Access (DMA) and pre-trade risk systems.

Skills

c-plus-plus
english