Aradhya Khandelwal Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Leading the team of 9 responsible for all fixed income development at DESCO, consisting of 6 developers and 3 data analysts• The role involves me wearing multiple hats, being an engineering, product, program, and project manager in one• Received two fast-track promotions after demonstrating skill and reliability in a lean team• Collaborated with the Fixed Income trading desk (managing $8B in assets) on short- and long-term strategic planning for adding value over all timeframes

• Spearheaded development of the proprietary fixed income fundamental analytics suite used across DESCO• This business-critical library forms the backbone of analysis required for managing $12B+ of assets• Contributed financial modelling and analytics for a variety of instruments, including bonds, linkers, treasury futures• Executed a phased migration from the former to the modern library, while ensuring business continuity• Led cross-functional collaboration with 8 groups, both… Show more • Spearheaded development of the proprietary fixed income fundamental analytics suite used across DESCO• This business-critical library forms the backbone of analysis required for managing $12B+ of assets• Contributed financial modelling and analytics for a variety of instruments, including bonds, linkers, treasury futures• Executed a phased migration from the former to the modern library, while ensuring business continuity• Led cross-functional collaboration with 8 groups, both internal and external to the firm, operating across various regions worldwide, while engaging stakeholders such as traders, quants, and developers• Simultaneously, was independently responsible for maintenance of the outgoing library• Advanced the state of quantitative fixed income analytics at one of the world’s biggest hedge funds Show less

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Engineered comprehensive software solutions for managing all aspects of fixed income trading•• End-to-end data pipelines for 1000+ markets•• Pre- and post-trade analytics, including visualisations•• Performant time-series data access for 40+ years of raw and derived market history•• Trade execution•• Regular reporting for trade management

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Implemented parallelised Bayesian optimisation to reduce execution costs of complex black box models• Achieved 20% improvement in results against the formerly used grid-search approach, in fewer iterations

Noida Area, India

• Improved time and space efficiency of log file analysis by 40% and 60% respectively using Python scripts.• Observed and gained insights into Paytm Payments Gateway’s workflow and related technologies.

Society For Student Mess Services (Ssms), Pilani

• Involved in end-to-end management of all aspects of a mess system worth upwards of Rs. 150 Million, serving 4000+ students, along with long term policy planning, employee and financial management• Part of a 4 member body nominated by the Director, BITS Pilani, along with 10 elected representatives.• Worked on negotiations with Sodexo, an International Food Services Provider, including menu planning and price negotiations, and also managed student feedback.• Drafted and… Show more • Involved in end-to-end management of all aspects of a mess system worth upwards of Rs. 150 Million, serving 4000+ students, along with long term policy planning, employee and financial management• Part of a 4 member body nominated by the Director, BITS Pilani, along with 10 elected representatives.• Worked on negotiations with Sodexo, an International Food Services Provider, including menu planning and price negotiations, and also managed student feedback.• Drafted and implemented contracts of service worth more than 20 Million Rupees each. Show less

• Spearheaded a team of 9 people responsible for handling and operating the sound equipment at BITS Pilani.• Ensured smooth and timely operations during the cultural, technical and sports festivals of BITS Pilani, some of the biggest such fests across India.• Gained and imparted in-depth technical knowledge of high end sound equipment, and managed inventory.

Ambernath, Thane

• A 3-month long summer internship as part of the Practice School programme at BITS Pilani• Developed an information sharing online portal where employees could upload images and text to be shared on various screens placed around the office.• Users had the option of choosing which screens to share on.• Extensive use of technologies such as Django, Python, Javascript and HTML+CSS

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be (Hons.), Computer Science, 8.23 Cgpa

Activities and Societies: Coordinator of the Department of Sounds, English Language Activities Society

Class 12Th, 94.6%

Class 10Th, 10 Cgpa