Prasad Somwanshi
C Python Developer at BNP Paribas
United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorPrasad Somwanshi is a C/Python developer with 15 years of experience building high-performance, multithreaded C++ systems on Linux and Windows, currently supporting front-office Risk and PnL at BNP Paribas. He brings deep expertise in modern C++ (C++11–20), STL/Boost, FIX protocol and market data handling across full project life cycles. Comfortable bridging development and testing, he has contributed backend and test automation improvements to the widely used QuantConnect/Lean algorithmic trading engine, enhancing Python integration and data consolidation. Known for pragmatic problem-solving in latency-sensitive environments, he pairs low-level systems skill with an eye for robust test coverage and production reliability. Based in the United Kingdom, he combines front-office domain knowledge with hands-on implementation experience across both C++ and Python stacks.
15 years of coding experience
English
Github Skills (10)
unit-testing10
csharp10
python10
dotnet-core10
algorithmic-trading9
testing9
test-framework9
trading-systems8
trading8
trading-algorithms8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
QuantConnect/Lean
Nov 2019 - Apr 2020
Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine by QuantConnect (Python, C#)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:13 commits, 9 PRs, 17 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Prasad's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the core algorithmic trading engine by adding new functionality and improving existing tests. They implemented new constructors and corrected access levels within the `BaseDataConsolidator` and other related classes. Additionally, the user wrote and modified unit tests, specifically focusing on the Python integration within the engine and ensuring correct behavior of data consolidation processes. They also addressed minor issues within the testing framework.
algorithmic-trading-enginepythonpinescriptbacktesting-trading-strategiesc-sharp
prasadsom/Lean
Nov 2019 - Nov 2024
Lean Algorithmic Trading Engine by QuantConnect (C#, Python, F#)
Contributions:31 pushes, 14 branches in 5 years
pythonalgorithmic-tradingtrading-botalgorithmic-trading-enginequantconnect
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