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Principal @ Edelweiss Global Markets | Trading Platforms | Low Latency System | Global Trade Execution

About

Raja Agarwal is a Principal at Edelweiss Global Markets, leading the architecture and development of high-performance trading infrastructure that powers algorithmic execution across global markets. With over a decade in low-latency systems and capital markets technology, he builds institution-grade trade execution engines — smart order routing, real-time risk management, exchange connectivity, and event-driven frameworks — handling large order volumes with microsecond-level performance. His work spans the full tick-to-trade path: market data feed handlers and ticker-plant infrastructure on one side, FIX-based order and execution connectivity on the other. Execution quality is a core focus. Raja built the slippage and transaction cost analytics that measure realized fills against arrival price, VWAP, and other benchmarks, and uses that feedback loop to cut implementation shortfall — tuning routing logic, order placement and scheduling, venue selection, and critical-path latency. In India, he has scaled the firm's derivatives platform across NSE, BSE, and MCX at production volume. Most recently he led the US build-out in index and equity derivatives — index options and futures and single-stock options — end to end: consuming and normalizing OPRA options market data at full depth, one of the highest-volume feeds in the industry; execution routing; broker and clearing connectivity; pre-trade risk; colocation and network design; certification; and production go-live. He also works at the product and business layer, shaping execution architecture that directly affects trading performance, liquidity access, and market participation. Expertise: * Trade execution engine design and smart order routing * Slippage analytics, TCA, and execution cost optimization * High-volume market data: OPRA options feeds, feed handlers, ticker plants, normalization * FIX connectivity, drop-copy, and session management * US index and equity derivatives; India derivatives market access and exchange onboarding * Options market microstructure and execution algorithm design * Low-latency, high-throughput distributed and event-driven architectures * Real-time risk management infrastructure Raja mentors engineers, partners with product, trading, and business teams, and occasionally advises fintech startups in algorithmic trading and capital markets infrastructure. B.Tech in Information Technology, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Principal at Edelweiss Global Markets, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos, Product owner of trade execution platform, driving innovation in execution strategies, scalability, and system efficiency

Vice President at Edelweiss Global Markets, Feb 2015 - Mar 2024 · 9 yrs 2 mos, Leading the trade execution platform team, derivative trading systems, working on low latency system designing Managing a high performance technical team, working on a mission critical system, stakeholder management, product roadmap

Senior Software Engineer at Accolite, Jul 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos, Greater Delhi Area, I was working on a client side assignment at Morgan Stanley. Contributed in pre trade approving and margin calculation tool for OTC derivative. Setting up of interfaces and development of a trading platform for Morgan Stanley using spring framework, J2EE, AGILE Methodology, Worked on counterparty clearing projects, What if margin tools from LCH and CME.

Intern at Adobe, Jan 2013 - Jun 2013 · 6 mos, Noida, Contributed in the Digital Marketing products of Adobe. Worked in JAVA OSGI framework.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology, Indian Institute Of Information Technology allahabad

Higher Secondary, Computer Science, Faculty Higher Secondary School , Guwahati , Assam