Rishi Arora
Technologist at Citadel LLC
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRishi Arora is a seasoned technologist with 12 years of experience building low-latency trading systems, consumer-facing web and mobile products, and scalable SaaS platforms. He blends hands-on engineering (C++, Node.js, React, Python) with leadership experience running distributed Agile teams and launching a product that reached 50k users. At Citadel he focuses on ultra-low-latency market making infrastructure, while prior roles include scaling a programmatic media-buying SaaS that cut operational costs 4x and improved campaign performance 50%. He’s built end-to-end systems from embedded real-time networking at Motorola to mobile apps and RESTful backends, and has an MBA that complements his technical breadth with product and business strategy. An active contributor to open source (github.com/sailrish), he brings a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to system design and team building.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering at Illinois Institute of TechnologyMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship, Analytic Finance, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship, Analytic Finance at The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Github Skills (18)
node-module10
dhl10
ups10
nodejs10
usps10
shipit10
google-workspace8
google6
android6
persistence6
layout5
ios5
sqlite4
swipe-gestures4
buildpack3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sailrish/heroku-buildpack-coffee
Sep 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 10 months
node-jsbuildpacknodejswebpacktypescript
sailrish/shipit
Feb 2014 - Mar 2019
shipit node module
Contributions:274 commits, 31 PRs, 141 pushes in 5 years 2 months
uspsshipitnode-modulenodejsups
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