About

Abhishek Verma is a highly skilled Software Engineer with 4.20 years of experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining large scale distributed systems. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science from New York University, where he is expected to graduate in 2022. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 2018. Abhishek is currently working as a Quant Developer at Cubist Systematic Strategies, where he is responsible for developing and maintaining quantitative trading strategies. Prior to this, he worked at Visa as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer, where he was involved in designing and implementing large scale distributed systems used in everyday payment transactions. He also worked on Least Cost Routing for debit and credit card payment transactions in new sale service, which helped in minimizing the fees paid by Visa. Abhishek has also instrumented a simulator to simulate authorization/credit/sale API responses from various payment processors in the development environment. He has also worked on detecting the future possibility of a deadlock during parallel processing and dynamically changing the resource allocation algorithm. Abhishek has a strong technical background and is proficient in various programming languages and technologies. He has experience in working with Java, Python, C++, and SQL. He is also well-versed in Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Hive. Abhishek is a quick learner and is always eager to learn new technologies and tools. Abhishek is a highly motivated individual with excellent problem-solving skills. He has a proven track record of delivering high-quality work within tight deadlines. He is a team player and has excellent communication skills, which helps him to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Abhishek is passionate about building scalable and robust systems that can handle large volumes of data.