Summary
Sameer Hameed is a technical architect and engineering leader with 15+ years building ultra-low-latency, distributed eTrading and market-making systems, currently modernizing corporate bond trading at Citi as Global Lead for Market Making & Distribution. He combines hands-on expertise in microservices, Chronicle/LMAX/Ambrosia low-latency frameworks, FIX streaming and event platforms (Kafka, Solace) with pragmatic DevOps and cloud migration experience to deliver measurable performance and cost savings. Past projects include slashing latencies from ~2000ms to ~25ms, scaling throughput 5x while onboarding 10+ venues, and designing a microservice reporting pipeline that handled 300M+ transactions and saved $500K annually. A core member of Citi’s innovation group, he holds practical certifications in AWS, AI, and Corda blockchain and is actively exploring LLM-driven automation and autonomous agents to optimize trading workflows. Based in Rugby, UK, he pairs deep systems-level engineering with a track record of process improvements and Lean/Green Belt-backed efficiency gains that often surface in less-visible operational wins.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Bachelor of Computer Application, Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Application, Computer Science at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
High School, Commerce, High School, Commerce at Ludlow Castle No - 2
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Science, 82%, Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Science, 82% at Jamia Hamdard
English, Hindi, Urdu