Jatin Singla — Competitive Programmer

Technology Developer Intern - D.E. Shaw & Co. (TMTool Trading Platform Modernization)

Duration: May 2025 – Jul 2025

Summary:

• Re-architected and modernized D.E. Shaw & Co’s critical proprietary trading platform, TMTool, which is essential for trade control, commodity transactions, and automated trading
• The project aimed to improve the platform's performance, maintainability, and user experience by updating the technology stack and optimizing workflows

Responsibilities:

• Led the complete re-architecture and modernization of the TMTool platform.
• Migrated React codebase from class-based to functional components.
• Redesigned and optimized core trading workflows to enhance speed and efficiency.
• Spearheaded UI migration to the latest D.E. Shaw UI Library based on Material UI.

Technologies: React (class-based and functional components), D.E. Shaw UI Library, Material UI

Competitive Programming Engineer - Mercor (Programming Contest Problem Development)

Duration: Nov 2024 – Dec 2024

Summary:

• Developed original programming contest problems designed to evaluate and train Large Language Models in competition-level code generation
• The problems emphasized originality, difficulty, and adherence to contest format specifications

Responsibilities:

• Formulated and developed original programming contest problems.
• Ensured problems met competition-level difficulty and format standards.
• Contributed to training and evaluation of Large Language Models.

Team Member - Zelta Automations (Inter-IIT 13.0 Project) (Algorithmic Trading for BTC-USDT and ETH-USDT Markets)

Summary:

• Developed and optimized algorithmic trading strategies for cryptocurrency markets BTC-USDT and ETH-USDT using Python, technical indicators, and statistical analysis including the Hawkes process
• The project focused on multi-timeframe analysis and advanced risk management to maximize trading returns

Responsibilities:

• Collaborated in a team of 8 to develop algorithmic trading strategies.
• Designed entry and exit frameworks using multi-timeframe analysis.
• Integrated advanced risk management techniques such as trailing stop-losses.

Technologies: Python, Technical Indicators, Statistical Analysis, Hawkes Process

Developer (Faculty Recruitment Website)

Summary:

• Developed a clone website for institutions to accept faculty recruitment applications with features supporting multi-device login and session persistence
• The website includes functionalities such as saving form data, forgot password, change password, and logout using JSON Web Token cookies

Responsibilities:

• Developed a multi-device compatible faculty recruitment application website.
• Implemented session persistence allowing users to save form data.
• Implemented authentication features including Forgot Password, Change Password, and Logout using JWT cookies.

Technologies: Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSON Web Token