Arindam Paul

Engineering Leader — Trading Infrastructure & Exchange Connectivity

Summary

Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience building trading infrastructure, exchange connectivity, and market-making systems across 4 continents. Trusted with architecting sub-millisecond systems at IMC Financial Markets and Flow Traders, leading the database infrastructure behind Apple Music Classical, and delivering 2 US patents in healthcare technology. Career spans high-frequency trading, capital markets, music streaming, healthcare, and industrial automation—consistently leading teams that ship systems handling billions in daily volume.

Experience

ING — Quantitative Engineer
2024 – Present
Shackle (Apple) — Senior Software Engineer
2022 – 2024
Flow Traders — Software Engineer
2021 – 2022
Capital Markets Trading — Trading Software Engineer
2019 – 2021
GlobalOrange / Primephonic — Team Lead
2018 – 2019
IMC Financial Markets — Software Engineer
2016 – 2018
Mendix (Siemens) — Software Engineer
2015 – 2016
Lakeland Healthcare — Director of Engineering
2013 – 2015
IMC Financial Markets — Software Engineer
2007 – 2013
Nighthawk Radiology — Software Engineer
2005 – 2007
Rockwell Automation — Software Engineer
2003 – 2005

Key Achievements

Technical Expertise

Languages
Java Kotlin C++ Python SQL Bash
Trading & Finance
FIX Protocol Exchange Connectivity Low-Latency Trading High-Frequency Trading Market Making Order Management Systems Market Data Systems Algorithmic Trading Venue Engineering Market Microstructure
Systems & Performance
Ring Buffer Architectures Lock-Free Data Structures JVM Performance Sub-Millisecond Systems Kernel Bypass Networking FPGA Integration
Frameworks & Infrastructure
Spring Boot Kubernetes Docker AWS GCP PostgreSQL MongoDB Kafka Redis
Leadership
Engineering Management Technical Architecture Team Building Cross-Functional Leadership Stakeholder Management

Education

Milwaukee School of Engineering

BS Computer Engineering

Seeking

CTO • VP Engineering • Head of Technology

Targeting leadership roles in trading technology, capital markets, and financial infrastructure across India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Available June 2026.

Contact: arindam.paul@me.com  |  +31 6 4388 5155  |  LinkedIn

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