Arindam Paul — Resume — CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Technology

Executive Summary

Engineering leader with over 20 years building trading infrastructure, exchange connectivity, and market-making systems across four continents. Led exchange connectivity at IMC Financial Markets — one of the world's top three options market makers — connecting 90+ global exchange venues. Delivered the Goldman Sachs reconciliation system for 630+ securities. Architected the music metadata database that Apple acquired for Apple Music Classical. Two US patents. Cambridge University mentor. Combines deep hands-on technical expertise in low-latency systems with proven ability to lead teams, deliver complex systems from inception to production, and operate across multiple industries and geographies. Seeking CTO, VP Engineering, or Head of Technology roles in APAC capital markets.

Leadership Highlights

Goldman Sachs Reconciliation System at IMC — Led design and delivery of reconciliation system for 630+ securities when IMC acquired Goldman Sachs' NYSE DMM rights. Inception to production in four months. Managed cross-functional coordination between trading desk, operations, and engineering.
ETF Trading Desk Launch at IMC — Built the technology stack that launched an entirely new ETF trading desk. Led the team from zero to live trading in three months, including real-time NAV calculation, basket composition tracking, and arbitrage signal generation.
90+ Exchange Venues at IMC — Led eight years of exchange connectivity engineering across CME, Eurex, ICE, NYSE, OPRA, and 85+ additional venues. Managed protocol implementation, session management, failover, and operational reliability at market-maker scale.
Apple Music Classical Acquisition — Architected the metadata database at Primephonic that Apple acquired in 2021. Led the engineering of hierarchical classical music metadata systems and search infrastructure serving 5M+ recordings.
Director of Software Development at Lakeland Healthcare — Led software development team building emergency radiology workflow systems. Filed 2 US patents. Managed delivery of systems where failure costs patient lives.
Cambridge University Mentor — Ongoing mentorship of graduate-level software engineering interns, bridging academic computer science and production engineering.

Professional Experience

ING 2024 – Present

Senior Software Engineer — Capital Markets Technology

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Building FX swap market data publisher sending real-time prices to Reuters through RFA feed for ING's capital markets division
Market data distribution infrastructure at one of Europe's largest banks (€85B market cap, 40+ countries)

Flow Traders Jan 2021 – Dec 2021

Java Software Engineer — Trading Systems

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Retrofitted trading architecture to enable CBBC options trading on HKEX at a top global ETP market maker
Low-latency options and ETP trading systems development across global venues

IMC Financial Markets 2007 – 2016

Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead — Exchange Connectivity

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Led exchange connectivity for 90+ global venues at one of the world's top three options market makers
Designed and delivered Goldman Sachs reconciliation system (630+ securities, 4 months inception-to-production)
Built technology stack launching new ETF trading desk (3 months zero-to-live)
Implemented FIX protocol and proprietary binary protocols (MDP 3.0, iLink, ITCH, Pillar) across dozens of venues
Engineered sub-millisecond latency systems with ring buffers, kernel bypass networking, lock-free data structures
Led cross-functional delivery between trading desks, operations, and engineering teams

Primephonic (acquired by Apple, 2021) 2018 – 2021

Senior Engineer — Metadata & Search Architecture

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Architected the music metadata database that became Apple Music Classical upon Apple's acquisition of Primephonic
Designed hierarchical data model, search engine, and matching system for 5M+ classical music recordings
Led technical decisions for a system that survived acquisition and scaled to Apple's global user base

Lakeland Healthcare Group 2013 – 2015

Director of Software Development

United States

Led software development team building emergency radiology workflow and Radiology Information System (RIS)
Filed 2 US patents for emergency radiology workflow systems
Managed full development lifecycle: requirements, architecture, implementation, deployment, and operations
Delivered mission-critical healthcare systems where reliability is measured in patient safety, not uptime SLAs

Nighthawk Radiology 2005 – 2007

Software Engineer — Teleradiology Systems

Milwaukee, WI, United States

Built remote radiology reading and reporting systems at one of the pioneering teleradiology companies

Rockwell Automation 2003 – 2005

Software Engineer — Industrial Automation

Milwaukee, WI, United States

PLC programming and industrial automation systems for factory floor control

Technical Skills

Languages Java (primary), Kotlin, Python, C++ Trading Systems Exchange Connectivity (90+ venues), FIX Protocol, Proprietary Binary Protocols, Order Management Systems, Market Data, Reconciliation Systems Architecture Low-Latency Systems Design, Ring Buffer Architecture, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, Distributed Systems Infrastructure Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, MongoDB Leadership Team Building, Technical Strategy, Cross-Functional Delivery, Inception-to-Production, Vendor/Exchange Relations, Mentoring

Patents

US Patent — Emergency Radiology Workflow, Closed-Loop Critical Study Notification

Inventor. Real-time escalation and tracking system for critical radiology studies in emergency departments.

US Patent — Emergency Radiology Workflow, Escalation Chain Systems

Inventor. Automated escalation chain with sentinel event tracking and audit trails.

Education

Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering — 2005

Additional

Cambridge University — Mentor to graduate-level software engineering interns
Apple Music Classical — Built the database Apple acquired (Primephonic, 2021); relaunched globally 2023
Industries — Finance/Trading, Healthcare IT, Music Technology, Industrial Automation — demonstrated ability to lead engineering across radically different domains
Global Mobility — Four continents. EU work authorisation. ONE Pass eligible (Singapore). UAE Golden Visa ready. O-1A pathway (US). Top Talent Pass (HK). Global Talent Visa (UK).
Availability — Relocation within 4–8 weeks of signed offer. Targeting Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, New York, Chicago.