Summary
Arham Chopra is a quantitative software developer with a decade of experience building high-performance trading and monitoring systems, currently contributing to Cubist Systematic Strategies from Jersey City. He previously accelerated core infrastructure at Tower Research Capital—owning global P&L infrastructure across 30+ exchanges, cutting memory and simulation time substantially, and adding multi-venue support including crypto. Arham combines strong CS foundations (BTech, IIT Kanpur; MS, Carnegie Mellon) with an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, bringing both technical depth and product-minded rigor to complex problems. He has a track record of turning research-grade ideas into production frameworks that reduce developer effort and maintenance costs while improving trading outcomes. Known for digging into nitty-gritty performance and correctness issues, he pairs low-level optimization with pragmatic feature design that increased user adoption and observability. Outside trading, his internships at Salesforce and Nutanix show a breadth across distributed systems, Kafka tooling, and backend automation.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Intermediate(+2), Maths, 95.4, Intermediate(+2), Maths, 95.4 at Emmanuel Mission School, Kota
Matriculation, IGCSE, 91.8, ICE with Distinction, Matriculation, IGCSE, 91.8, ICE with Distinction at Choithram International, Indore
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
ShARE's Leadership Program of Excellence, ShARE's Leadership Program of Excellence at ShARE - Growing a new generation of leaders
German, French, English