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Vivek Kumar is a Lead Back-End FinTech Developer with over 4 years of experience, specializing in OTC Derivative Trade processing. He is currently working as a Senior Associate at Bondevalue, where he is responsible for developing and deploying Python script-based solutions for customized trade processing on MarkitWire. He also designs tools for trade reconciliation using MS Excel VBA. Vivek has a keen interest in Quantitative Finance and Financial Risk, and has passed Financial Risk Manager (FRM®) Exam Part I, and enrolled for Part II of the programme. He is capable of implementing valuation and risk models in VBA/Python/R. Prior to joining Bondevalue, Vivek worked as an Associate at IHS Markit, where he consolidated existing trade processing scripts to a single modularized framework, reducing the number of source files from 113 to 8. He also migrated the Python scripts used the team from a Command Line Interface to Graphical User Interface, thereby reducing operational risk and increasing efficiency. Vivek has also worked as a Web Application Developer at Ubinext, where he implemented web application designs using front-end web technologies. Vivek holds a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Computer Science and Engineering from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. He completed his High School education from Kendriya Vidyalaya. Vivek's tech stack includes Python, SQL, and R, and he has experience in both back-end and front-end development. He has also worked closely with product designers to prototype application layouts and present them to management. Vivek's relevant experience totals 8.12 years.