About

Raja Agarwal is a highly skilled and experienced Vice President at Edelweiss Global Markets. He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from the prestigious Indian Institute of Information Technology in Allahabad. Raja is passionate about data structures and algorithms and has a strong background in computer science and quantitative analysis. Raja has expertise in designing, developing, and optimizing algorithmic trading strategies. He has a deep understanding of the risks involved in designing such applications and is adept at platform designing and framework creation. Raja has a good understanding of trading markets and their products and has hands-on experience in developing options strategies. He has strong knowledge and hands-on experience with the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol used extensively in investment banking. Raja has in-depth knowledge of trading strategy evaluation and testing. He has developed algorithm strategies for trading in the F&O segment for domestic as well as other APAC markets. He has also developed OMS/RMS systems for trading across multiple geographies. Prior to his current role, Raja worked at Accolite as a Senior Software Engineer, where he contributed to pre-trade approving and margin calculation tools for OTC derivatives. He also worked on counterparty clearing projects and what-if margin tools from LCH and CME. Raja has also worked as an intern at Adobe, where he contributed to the digital marketing products of the company. Raja's technical skills include Java, Spring, Python, Cassandra, Kafka, and Spring Boot. He has relevant experience of 9.86 years and is a valuable asset to any organization he works with.