Kedar Bhat
Senior Software Engineer at DRW
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolKedar Bhat is a senior software engineer in Chicago with 17+ years of experience building low-latency, production trading systems and market-making strategies across equities, futures, FX and energy markets. He combines deep quantitative research with hands-on engineering—delivering FPGA-driven controllers and high-performance Java/C++ engines while authoring metaprogramming tools that cut compile times and accelerate iteration. His career spans major trading firms (DRW, IMC, Citadel) where he reduced tick-to-trade latency into microsecond ranges and slashed test-deploy lead times from days to hours. Comfortable partnering with hardware teams and traders, he excels at moving strategies from concept to live trading and automating complex test environments. An MBA in finance and an MS in computer science underpin his rare blend of trading intuition and systems expertise.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA Mathematics Computer Science, BA Mathematics Computer Science at Indiana University BloomingtonMBA Finance, MBA Finance at Indiana University - Kelley School of BusinessMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at University of ChicagoHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Canterbury High School
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Github Skills (17)
deterministic9
fixed-point9
boost9
multiprecision9
cpp8
automatic-differentiation8
mathematics8
metaprogramming7
unit-testing6
math5
continuous-integration5
benchmark4
unit-testing-framework4
tdd3
compile-time3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pulver/autodiff
Mar 2019 - Jul 2019
Automatic Differentiation C++ Library
Contributions:140 commits, 28 PRs, 85 comments in 4 months
automatic-differentiationcpp
kedarbhat/Algorithms-and-Data-Structures-Solutions
Apr 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:110 pushes in 1 month
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