Hello, I am Aadesh.

I am currently working at UBS, building backend systems for financial markets. I like creating and understanding complex systems, and writing about them.

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A few places that shaped where I am today.

  1. Feb 2026 — Present

    Software Engineer II

    UBS

    Own the end-to-end lifecycle for new FX ECN trade-processing channels — from system design through FIX ingestion, transformation, and production. Helped deliver the world’s first intraday FX swap with a peer bank.

    • Fintech
    • Backend
    • Distributed Systems
  2. Aug 2023 — Jan 2026

    Software Engineer

    UBS

    Built core FX trade-processing services — event-driven Java/Spring Boot on Kubernetes, with concurrent processing and production-grade observability.

    • Java
    • Spring Boot
    • Kubernetes
  3. Jan 2023 — Jun 2023

    Software Engineering Intern

    UBS

    First production software: Spring Boot trade-booking APIs that shipped into live trade-processing systems.

    • APIs
    • Testing
  4. Jan 2022 — Apr 2022

    Software Developer Intern

    GitHub

    Built a full-stack client onboarding portal with Java, Spring Boot, Angular, and PostgreSQL, and contributed to open-source projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

    • Full-Stack
    • Open Source
  5. Aug 2019 — May 2023

    Computer Engineering

    Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune

    Four years turning curiosity about how systems work into a foundation for engineering. Graduated with a 9.03 CGPA.

    • CS Foundations

Some things I’ve been thinking about lately.

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A few things I’ve built.

  • AmaterasuSQL

    Java · Gradle · Query Planning

    • A relational database engine built from scratch in Java.
    • Custom SQL parser, file-based storage engine, and a query executor.
    • Predicate pushdown — filtering at the scan instead of after it.
  • GuardBot

    Python · FastAPI · Next.js · Azure OpenAI

    • A runtime security agent for agentic AI workflows.
    • Two-stage detection: a fast rule-based pass plus LLM reasoning.
    • Automated response, forensic reporting, and SIEM incident creation.
  • ContentWiz

    Java · Spring Boot · Python · FFmpeg

    • An automated pipeline from source material to finished short-form video.
    • Spring Boot orchestration of long-running, failure-prone stages.
    • AI generation with FFmpeg media processing and assembly.

What I work with.

Languages

  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • C++
  • SQL
  • Bash

Backend

  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Event-Driven Architecture
  • Microservices
  • gRPC / GraphQL

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Helm
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Terraform

Data & Observability

  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana

Domain

  • Foreign Exchange
  • Financial Markets
  • FIX Protocol
  • Trade Lifecycle

Interested in

  • Distributed Systems
  • High-Performance Computing
  • Data Intensive Systems

Accent marks what I work in most. The rest I use regularly or am exploring.

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