Nitin Aggarwal

About Nitin Aggarwal

Engineering manager with 7+ years of experience building and scaling mission-critical trading, portfolio management, and cloud data platforms in high-performance environments. Passionate about solving complex problems at the intersection of finance, distributed systems, and engineering leadership.Currently a Project Leader at D. E. Shaw India, managing a team of 7 engineers and owning end-to-end delivery and operational stability of low-latency portfolio management systems supporting real-time trading, P&L, risk, and exposure analytics across multiple business verticals, including CAS (Convertible Arbitrage Strategies), CROP (Credit Opportunities), SPACS (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies), CMS (Capital Market Solutions), and QCOR (Quant Corporates).Previously developed technology platforms and tools for discretionary investment groups such as Asset Backed Securities (ABS), Macro, Fundamental Equities, Energy Trading etc. at D.E. Shaw.Proven track record of architecting and scaling high-performance systems using proprietary and distributed frameworks, and leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from conception through production. Partner closely with traders, analysts, and quantitative researchers to translate sophisticated financial requirements into robust, production-grade technical solutions, with selective adoption of GenAI/LLM tools to enhance productivity and decision-making.Strong people leader with hands-on experience in mentoring engineers, driving performance and career development, and building high-performing, sustainable teams. Known for balancing technical rigor with execution velocity while ensuring operational excellence in latency and reliability-sensitive environments.Previously at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), built and scaled distributed ETL and orchestration cloud services, designing systems for large-scale Spark execution, Airflow pipelines, Kafka-based traffic routing, and cloud-native microservices under Big Data & AI Group at Oracle.Strong expertise in C++, Java, Python, Microservices, Spring Boot, Docker, Apache Kafka and RedisCertified OCI Developer and ArchitectFormer Mitacs Globalink Research Intern (2018)@ UoR, CanadaFormer Junior Research Fellow (2017)@ TIFR, MumbaiIIT Roorkee\'19 Batch, B.Tech Graduate in Electrical Engineering with Minor Specialization in Computer ScienceConnect with me for a 1:1 catch up via topmate.io/nitinaggarwal

Experience

1. Project Leader

   The D. E. Shaw Group

   Jan 2024 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Managing the Portfolio Management team for CAS (Convertible Arbitrage Strategies), CROP (Credit Opportunities), SPACS (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies), CMS (Capital Market Solutions), and QCOR (Quant Corporates) strategic divisions under discretionary investment groups at D. E. ShawManaging a team of engineers, effectively allocating tasks and overseeing end-to-end execution. Regularly tracking milestones, resolving impediments, and providing coaching to team members. Conducting 1:1 meetings with team members, peers, and stakeholders, fostering open communication and collaborationLeading design of new features and prioritization of resources, ensuring optimal use and allocation. Actively engaging with stakeholders, driving action plans based on their feedback and expectationsMaintaining operational excellence by enabling quick issue resolution and reducing operational efforts

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  B.Tech, Electrical Engineering with Minors in Computer Science

  2015 — 2019

• Little Flowers Public Senior Secondary School

  Mathematics and Computer Science

  2000 — 2015

Skills

• Machine Learning
• Microsoft Office
• Html
• C++
• Python
• Sql
• Matlab