Senior Software Engineer · Platform & Systems Architect · Python / Rust

I am Ninad,

I am a senior software engineer and platform architect with nearly two decades of experience building internal platforms and developer tooling, and shaping technical direction in complex systems.

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About Me

I am based in Amsterdam and hold a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

Over the last ~19 years, I have worked across investment banking, market making, and quantitative trading environments, designing and owning software systems that operate at scale and under strict reliability and performance constraints.

My work has primarily focused on platform and framework development: internal deployment systems, release orchestration, QA automation frameworks, and data pipelines that support thousands of users and tens of thousands of machines. These systems were built to be boring, predictable, and easy to operate, even under stress.

I frequently work at the intersection of engineers, quants, data and infrastructure teams, translating domain requirements into technical designs and driving alignment across stakeholders.

I care deeply about long-term maintainability, clear ownership boundaries, and reducing cognitive load for teams.

Today, I continue to deepen my knowledge by learning Rust, particularly for performance-critical components and infrastructure tooling, while using Python as a productivity multiplier for platforms and data systems.

Links

Check my other mentionable activities,

 Linked-In

 GitHub

 Exercism IO - Rust Track

 External Blog

Skills

Core Strengths
  • Platform & Framework Architecture
  • Developer Productivity & Tooling
  • System Reliability & Operational Design
  • Cross-team Technical Leadership
Languages
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • SQL
  • Rust
  • C#
  • Perl
Databases & System
  • MariaDB | MySQL | PostgreSQL
  • BigQuery
  • SQLite
  • ClickHouse
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Cloud & DevOps
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • Apache Airflow
  • GCP
Tools / Frameworks
  • Pandas | Numpy | Sklearn
  • Git
  • Jira | Confluence | Bitbucket | Bamboo
  • Flask | FastAPI
AI Coding
  • Copilot
  • WindSurf
OS
  • Linux
  • Windows

Experience

Flow Traders

Senior Python Developer - Research Engineer
From 2017

  • Led the design and development of a mid-term alpha prediction framework in close collaboration with quant researchers, enabling faster experimentation and safer production deployment of models.
  • Architected and rolled out a QA automation framework for the trading and ordering platform, significantly improving release confidence and reducing manual validation effort.
  • Acted as a technical anchor for platform decisions, balancing research velocity with production stability in a high-volatility trading environment.

Bank Of America

Lead Analyst (Python)
2015 - 2017

  • Senior contributor on the proprietary Quartz platform, delivering Python-based components used across risk and analytics teams.
  • Designed and implemented monitoring and reporting pipelines for critical risk-viewer workflows, improving observability and operational response.
  • Mentored new engineers and served as a knowledge hub for system architecture and application dependencies.

J P Morgan

AVP
2009 - 2015

  • Designed and built firm-wide deployment tooling (Ansible-like) used across multiple business units.
  • Owned deployment workflows spanning 25,000+ machines, with a strong focus on safety, rollback strategies, and repeatability.
  • Led enablement efforts through documentation, training, and direct mentoring, driving adoption across engineering teams.

Learning & Certifications

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Issued by:

Linux Foundation (Nov 2025)

Rust

Issued by:

Udemy (May 2025)

Applied Machine Learning

Issued by:

Columbia University  (May 2024)