Summary
Pooja Deshpande is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years' experience, currently driving quantitative investment technology at Nomura’s QIS team in Mumbai. She progressed from intern to senior engineer within Nomura, demonstrating rapid growth and a knack for turning quantitative requirements into production-grade software. A postgraduate MCA with a 3.76 GPA, she pairs strong academic foundations with hands-on Python and data-science project experience gained through internships and open-source contributions. As a Postman Student Expert and open-source enthusiast, she brings community-minded engineering and practical API testing skills to complex trading systems. Her background includes front-end contributions to mentoring-led projects and participation in structured open-source programs, indicating both collaborative instincts and mentorship experience. Colleagues would note her blend of quantitative focus, disciplined academic performance, and an appetite for continuous learning beyond the desk.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications - MCA, CGPA - 3.76 / 4.0, Master of Computer Applications - MCA, CGPA - 3.76 / 4.0 at SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, A+, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, A+ at DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Ramnarain Ruia College - Mumbai
English, Hindi, Marathi