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Quant Developer @ Qube Research & Technologies | IITB CSE ’24

About

Designing and optimizing high-performance data systems — from database internals and query engines (Apache DataFusion, DuckDB) to AWS big data platforms (S3, Redshift, Athena, Iceberg, Batch) and orchestration with Apache Airflow. Experienced in handling and processing large-scale weather datasets efficiently using HPC tools like Numba, Cython, Polars, and columnar formats like Apache Arrow. Skilled in Python (clean code), Rust, and C++, with expertise in building scalable, cloud-native pipelines. Proficient with development tooling and package managers such as Poetry, Tox, and Pants to ensure clean, reproducible, and maintainable builds. Occasionally dabble in AI/ML projects as a bonus skillset.

Location

Udupi

AI stack

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Work experience

Quant Technologist at Qube Research & Technologies, Jun 2024 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

AI Research Scientist at SML, May 2024 - Jun 2024 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Gen AI research

Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Jan 2024 - May 2024 · 5 mos, TA for CS 208: Automata Theory and Logic

Undergraduate Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Aug 2023 - May 2024 · 10 mos, Generative Speech Researcher

Quantitative Developer at Qube Research & Technologies, May 2023 - Jul 2023 · 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Built a low latency, concurrent and consistent data storage system to store streaming stock data using AWS Redshift.

AI Intern at samespace, Jun 2022 - Jul 2022 · 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Contributed to the development of an AI based hiring platform.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Public links

github: https://github.com/YKoustubhRao