About

Swapnil Deshpande is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in handling complex projects in the finance domain. As the Deputy Director at D. E. Shaw India Pvt Ltd, he leads the data infra group, which comprises three teams - market data infra, data tools, and timeseries tick database. He has successfully built the market data infra team from scratch and continues to contribute to the software development in this team. Swapnil is passionate about solving business problems using technology and enjoys mentoring and building strong teams. Swapnil's expertise lies in building multithreaded, low latency, high throughput, distributed Java software. He has worked on market data feeds from all major stock exchanges across multiple regions and has successfully completed large-scale projects such as building new infrastructure to improve reliability, optimizing the architecture to reduce latency, platform migration for better data quality, and building real-time monitoring and debugging tools. Currently, he is working with his team to build tools to solve common data-related use-cases in the firm. Swapnil's educational background includes a B.Tech. in Electronics from MNNIT, completed in 2003, and a degree from Mahatma Gandhi Mahavidyalaya completed in 1999. His technical skills include infra, Java, and software engineering. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, including De Shaw, where he held the position of Deputy Director, and De Shaw, where he served as a Senior Member of Technical. In his current role as Project Leader at D. E. Shaw India Software Pvt. Ltd, Swapnil continues to bring his expertise to the table and lead his team towards success. He is a result-oriented professional who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow and learn. Swapnil's experience, skills, and passion make him a valuable asset to any organization.