Daksh Parikh

Seasoned software engineer with a knack for designing creative and efficient solutions for clients in the B2B FinTech industry across regulatory space. Proven proficiency in agile processes, stakeholder management, product management, and SDLC processes.

Work Experience

Senior Product Specialist | Arcesium | Bangalore

  •  Worked on the commercialization of the Shareholding Disclosure Reporting product that was designed to serve only 1 client. Designed the new age software to be scalable and competitive regarding Compliance and features in the market.
  • Worked on the new N-PX and short-selling regulation by SEC which included requirement gathering, PRD formulation, and designing a roadmap for the product.
  • Handled BAU and stakeholder management for US, UK, HK & India regulations with the client including prioritization, timeline communication, and coordination with the technology department. Improved client-side efficiency by 30% through the delivery of several time-sensitive features.

 

Senior Software Engineer | Arcesium | Bangalore

  • Led the team that helped our clients streamline their regulatory obligations from a trading perspective in multiple jurisdictions by designing new features in the existing application while taking care of SLA and resource usage.
  • Streamlined the SDLC process to boost developer efficiency by monitoring various Jira dashboards and acting upon them.
  • Optimized the software to reduce resource consumption by 60% and runtime by 70% leading to improvement in support costs and decreased client issues.
  • Conducted a PoC to migrate the existing on-premise software to the cloud (AWS) to improve monitoring, logging processes, and stability.
  • Mentored new joiners in the team and successfully mapped them to functional areas based on their interest and growth prospects. Extensively participated in recruitment processes for L1 and L2 entrants.

 

Software Engineer | Arcesium | Bangalore

  • Focused on learning the different regulations and their impact on the client processes.
  • Implemented ~20 features over 1.5 years while also handling the operations support. Worked on deprecating the legacy software by incorporating regulations into the newer and configurable platform.
  • Implemented regulations from scratch for 13D and 13G filings and handled all development related to 13F reporting.
  • Handled the execution of the project to disentangle FCA(UK) regulation from ESMA(EU) regulation during Brexit.

     
Accomplishments
  • Tech Contributor Award: Received recognition for participating in the interviewing and hiring process of software engineers at Arcesium.
  • Best Strategist Award: Received the award for Best Team Owner/strategist award at Arcesium’s sports competition.
  • Scholarship for Higher Education: Received scholarship for higher education by performance within the top 1% of the school board at class XII level.
Education

B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Certificates
  • Chartered Financial Analyst – Level 1 by CFA Institute
Co/Extra-curricular
  • Selected as the Pro-Show Head for Chaos, the flagship cultural fest of IIM Ahmedabad.
  • Elected member of the CultX, the Cultural Committee at IIM Ahmedabad.
  • Led a team of over 200 organizers, managed 15+ events and organized Coke Studio Night and various other pro shows as President for the cultural fest of VNIT Nagpur, ‘Aarohi’.
  • Member of the logistics team of AXIS’18, the annual technical festival of VNIT.

Quick Look

  • Work Experience: 4.9 Years
  • Previous Roles

    Senior Product Specialist, Arcesium 

  • Function : Product Management/Development
  • Industry/Sector: BFSI
    Technology
Work Experience

Senior Product Specialist | Arcesium | Bangalore

  •  Worked on the commercialization of the Shareholding Disclosure Reporting product that was designed to serve only 1 client. Designed the new age software to be scalable and competitive regarding Compliance and features in the market.
  • Worked on the new N-PX and short-selling regulation by SEC which included requirement gathering, PRD formulation, and designing a roadmap for the product.
  • Handled BAU and stakeholder management for US, UK, HK & India regulations with the client including prioritization, timeline communication, and coordination with the technology department. Improved client-side efficiency by 30% through the delivery of several time-sensitive features.

 

Senior Software Engineer | Arcesium | Bangalore

  • Led the team that helped our clients streamline their regulatory obligations from a trading perspective in multiple jurisdictions by designing new features in the existing application while taking care of SLA and resource usage.
  • Streamlined the SDLC process to boost developer efficiency by monitoring various Jira dashboards and acting upon them.
  • Optimized the software to reduce resource consumption by 60% and runtime by 70% leading to improvement in support costs and decreased client issues.
  • Conducted a PoC to migrate the existing on-premise software to the cloud (AWS) to improve monitoring, logging processes, and stability.
  • Mentored new joiners in the team and successfully mapped them to functional areas based on their interest and growth prospects. Extensively participated in recruitment processes for L1 and L2 entrants.

 

Software Engineer | Arcesium | Bangalore

  • Focused on learning the different regulations and their impact on the client processes.
  • Implemented ~20 features over 1.5 years while also handling the operations support. Worked on deprecating the legacy software by incorporating regulations into the newer and configurable platform.
  • Implemented regulations from scratch for 13D and 13G filings and handled all development related to 13F reporting.
  • Handled the execution of the project to disentangle FCA(UK) regulation from ESMA(EU) regulation during Brexit.

     
Accomplishments
  • Tech Contributor Award: Received recognition for participating in the interviewing and hiring process of software engineers at Arcesium.
  • Best Strategist Award: Received the award for Best Team Owner/strategist award at Arcesium’s sports competition.
  • Scholarship for Higher Education: Received scholarship for higher education by performance within the top 1% of the school board at class XII level.
Education

B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Certificates
  • Chartered Financial Analyst – Level 1 by CFA Institute
Co/Extra-curricular
  • Selected as the Pro-Show Head for Chaos, the flagship cultural fest of IIM Ahmedabad.
  • Elected member of the CultX, the Cultural Committee at IIM Ahmedabad.
  • Led a team of over 200 organizers, managed 15+ events and organized Coke Studio Night and various other pro shows as President for the cultural fest of VNIT Nagpur, ‘Aarohi’.
  • Member of the logistics team of AXIS’18, the annual technical festival of VNIT.