Summary
Gaurav Kukreja is a software engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in performance optimization across Linux kernel, networking, databases and high-frequency trading systems. He is fluent in C, C++ and Python and has a strong academic foundation in computer architecture, compilers, parallel and distributed systems, which he has applied to low-level driver work, query optimizers and cache- and SIMD-friendly algorithms. His career spans startups to trading firms and product companies—contributing to Exasol’s optimizer and window-function engines, building simulation and cache models at Intel, and developing low-latency systems at IMC and Yugabyte. Comfortable working close to hardware (including FPGA workflows) as well as at the systems and application layer, he blends research-minded rigor with pragmatic delivery. Outside engineering he’s an active investor and educator on eToro, running a “Common Sense” strategy that’s attracted thousands of copiers and delivered strong risk-adjusted returns, showing an appetite for measurable results beyond code.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Technical University of Munich
BE Computer Science and Engineering, BE Computer Science and Engineering at Maharashtra Institute of Technology
High School, High School at Hislop College, Civil Lines Nagpur 2006
English, German, Hindi, Marathi