Neeraj Rai
About Neeraj Rai
Neeraj Rai is the Senior Vice President at Jefferies, with extensive experience in building and re-architecting trading systems.
Current Position at Jefferies
Neeraj Rai has been serving as Senior Vice President at Jefferies since 2019. He works in the Greater New York City Area. In his current role, Neeraj leverages his extensive experience in building low latency trading systems and focuses on automated release management.
Previous Role at Quantitative Brokers
From 2016 to 2018, Neeraj Rai worked as a Software Architect at Quantitative Brokers, located on 28w 44th Street in New York City. During his tenure, he was responsible for the development and architecture of software solutions tailored for quantitative trading.
Work Experience at Princeton Alpha LLC
Neeraj Rai was employed as a Software Architect at Princeton Alpha LLC from 2013 to 2016. In this role, he built and optimized equity trading systems from scratch, showcasing his ability to create distributed, multithreaded systems.
Director of Development at Citi
Between 2008 and 2013, Neeraj held the position of Director Of Development at Citi. His focus during this period was on re-architecting fixed income trading systems and developing highly efficient, in-house feed handlers and crossing engines.
Educational Background
Neeraj Rai earned his Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He studied there from 1989 to 1993, gaining foundational knowledge that would later support his career in software architecture and trading system development.