Nikhil Padala · Work Product

Case studies

Work product, not credentials. Three systems built, deployed, and in production.

TEE Infrastructure

ZeroCopy Systems

42µs deterministic signing. 3,095× faster than AWS KMS. AWS Nitro enclave from scratch in Rust.

RustAWS NitroTEEHardware attestation

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Systematic Trading

Quantfund

1,000+ tests. Multi-asset. Kill-switch wired at every layer. Shadow mode validated on production.

PythonKill-switchCircuit breakerShadow mode

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ICO Infrastructure

ICO whitelabel platform: multi-chain deployment, $500M+ transient custody

Smart-contract deployment to multiple chains for multiple client launches. Transient custody and clean handoff at go-live. Zero breaches over 16 months.

Multi-chainSep 2022–Jan 2024Transient custodyHandoff architecture

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HFT Exchange Infrastructure

Crypto trading infra across 12+ exchanges

Production trading infrastructure at a Tier-1 prop firm. Unified connectivity layer, market-data normalization, 24/7 ops across 12+ venues on AWS.

AWSJune 2021–Sep 202212+ exchangesObservability

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Exchange Infrastructure · Time Sync

PTP at exchange scale: Gemini

Precision Time Protocol on Solarflare hardware at Gemini. ±30ns clock accuracy across matching, surveillance, and audit. $2B+/day at 99.99% uptime.

PTP / IEEE 1588SolarflareNov 2020–May 2021±30ns accuracy

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