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About Me

I am a Quantitative Researcher with a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Madras, combining strong technical skills with a deep interest in financial markets. At Squarepoint Capital, I build quantitative tools that enhance and systematize Fundamental Equity Research. I previously developed a prototype to capture discretionary analyst signals, which evolved into a scalable, multi-asset signal platform. My work includes collaborating on data pipelines for alternative datasets such as ownership structures and catalyst events. With experience as a Software Engineer at Amazon and proficiency in Python, C++, and Rust, I bring analytical rigor and a problem-solving mindset to quantitative finance.

  • Name: Rudra Desai
  • Address: London, United Kingdom
  • Email: rudrad200@outlook.com

Experience

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Feb, 2023 - Present

Squarepoint Capital

Quant Researcher
  • Built systematic monetization pipelines leveraging discretionary signals from Equity Fundamental Analysts, enabling direct integration into alpha-generating strategies.
  • Developed automated analyst performance evaluation tools, quantifying timing precision, conviction accuracy, and idiosyncratic alpha to inform investment decisions.
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October, 2023 - Feb, 2025

Squarepoint Capital

Desk Quant Analyst
  • Designed and prototyped a framework to capture discretionary insights from Equity Fundamental Analysts across regions and sectors.
  • Scaled the prototype into a production-grade multi-asset platform delivering structured signals to Quantitative Research teams.
  • Partnered with researchers to build internal data pipelines for alternative datasets, including company ownership, event catalysts, and asset correlation metrics.
  • Created dynamic, ticker-level Tableau dashboards for intuitive visualization of alternative datasets.
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July, 2022 - September, 2023

Amazon Sidewalk

Software Development Engineer
  • Contributed in the development and deployment of Amazon's largest IoT Network of 1.5M+ devices
  • Orchestrated design of a Test System to expedite Quality Assurance, resulting in a 90% reduction in run-time
  • Leveraged event-driven libraries such as Asyncio to concurrently test 100+ IoT devices in one go
  • Cross-compiled and ported Python with its associated Linux dependencies to a microcontroller for efficient testing

Internships

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June, 2021 - July, 2021

American Express

Security Analyst Intern
  • Developed a robust API server leveraging Django to deliver critical security reports across internal software
  • Assessed 3000+ vulnerabilities, identified true positives, and debugged affected components in production
  • Automated go-live processes with Python scripts, which expedited internal library updates in the Jenkin's CI/CD pipeline resulting in over 10% time savings
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January, 2022 - March, 2022

Narrato - Content Creation & Workflow Software

Software Development Intern
  • Enhanced an AI-based content creation tool to generate 1000+ SEO friendly blogs & articles daily.
  • Integrated OpenAI's APIs into 15+ use cases, enabling faster adoption of Narrato platform.
  • Troubleshot platform errors in Django & React applications, streamlining process operations by 40%.
  • Deployed a multi-layered NLP model; achieved 95% accuracy in real-time content evaluation & rating.
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December, 2020 - January, 2020

Clockout

Back End Development Intern
  • Developed a Django REST API Server for supporting an android app in production.
  • Implemented high-performance real-time messaging support that can manage up to 10K concurrent user traffic using Web sockets.
  • Optimized internal APIs to streamline the performance and stabilize load time by 10%.
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May, 2020 - July, 2020

Godot Media

Product Development Intern
  • Utilized Regex and NLP techniques to clean and scrape web articles using Python
  • Constructed a multi-layered LSTM model with an attention mechanism on the generated dataset
  • Implemented a successful deployment of the model using Tensorflow.js to rate articles in real-time for freelancers on Narrato

Education

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2018-2022

B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering

IIT Madras

Graduated from IIT Madras with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and CGPA 8.86.

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2017-2018

High School

Shivashish Public School

Completed High school with 91.4% from Shivashish school in CBSE medium

Skills

Python

75%

Django

75%

Javascript

75%

Tensorflow

60%

Github

60%

C++

60%

C

50%

Julia

50%

OCaml

50%

Certificates

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October, 2019

Machine Learning

by Stanford University on Coursera

Learned some basic but important topics like Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Unsupervised Learning, Anomaly Detection, Recommender Systems and Photo OCR.

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December, 2019

Deep Learning Specialization

by deeplearning.ai on Coursera

Learned topics like Optimization Algorithms, Hyperparameter tuning, Batch Normalization and Tensorflow.

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December, 2019

Convolutional Neural Network

by deeplearning.ai on Coursera

Learned topics like Computer Vision basics, Classic Networks, Residual Networks, Inception Network, Data Augmentation, Detection Algorithms, One Shot Learning, Siamese Network, Face verification and Recognition.

Testimonials

Testimonials

Testimonials from some of my previous mentors and heads I have worked with.

Services

Services

Always excited to provide any of the following service. Please feel free to contact me anytime.

Projects

My Projects

Quality, not quantity, is my measure. --Douglas William Jerrold

Earnvestt Techonologies

Full Stack Web Development

CFViewer

Dashboard Design

Sudoku Solver

ML model deployment

Online Courses

Static Website Design

I'm Available for freelancing

Please feel free to contact me for any project, big or small, I am always ready to be a part of your team.

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Contact

Contact Me

Always available to connect.

Address

London, United Kingdom

Contact Number

+447767954605

Email Address

rudrad200@gmail.com

Linkedin

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