Ankit Gupta

Senior Vice President ( HFT Domain )

Delhi, India

About

17+ years of strong experience in software design, development and implementation of Low Latency Unix Applications using C++ [STL, Boost], Socket, Multithreading and IPC. Currently working with an HFT startup to develop/deploy low latency arbitrage and volatility strategies in F&O segment for NSE/BSE/MCX ( all major Indian exchanges ) Strong work experience on Tick by Tick Data, Exchange Connectivity. Strong experience of working with low latency userspace ( kernel bypass ) network card Solarflare and it's technologies like onload/TcpDirect. Fair knowledge of FIX Protocol. Worked with some of the well known exchanges: NSE, CME, ICE etc. Strong Programming, Object Oriented Analysis & Design (OOAD), Data Structures & Algorithms skills. Proven problem solving skills with excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.

Experience

  • Quantizer Research (Gurugram, Haryana, India)
    • Senior Vice President
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Vice President
      Aug 2016 - May 2023 · 6 yrs 10 mos

      Designed and Developed 'Tick to Trade' hft platform for derivatives market NSE. Managing/Leading/Mentoring C++ and DevOps team. Linux Performnace Optimizations/Tuning, Worked on 10G NICs ( kernal bypass technology )

  • Manager at Citi
    Nov 2014 - Aug 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Working in project ‘Trading Application’ which is part of Options Market Making (OMM). It uses the live market Data to send Quotes and Orders to the various Exchanges automatically while maintaining the latency as minimum as possible. Working with team on new design to reduce the latency in our application. Worked on exchange connectivity for various exchanges like CME, ICE, ISE, NYSE, BOX, CBOE etc.

  • Associate at Cognizant Technology Solutions
    Nov 2012 - Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Low Latency Unix Application design & development using c++

  • Projec Engineer at Wipro Technologies
    Aug 2008 - Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Unix Application Designer & Developer in C++