Available for Summer 2026 SDE roles

Sunny Rishy Vardhan.
C++ systems engineer building low-latency backends.

M.S. Computer Science @ Adelphi University (GPA 3.84/4.0). I profile, optimize, and ship production-grade C++ — lock-free data structures, multi-threaded servers, and graph optimization research on real-world datasets.

1.4M
ticks/sec engine
400ns
op latency
3.84
GPA / 4.0
Top 14%
LeetCode (1701)
01 — Selected Work

Things I've built.

High-Performance Trading Simulation Engine

C++17 · Linux · Python

Low-latency multi-threaded matching engine processing 1.4M ticks/sec at 400ns per op using lock-free queues, atomics, and a price-time priority order book.

1.4M
ticks/sec
400ns
op latency
25×
throughput gain
  • Profiled hot-path with Linux perf; eliminated heap allocations and applied move semantics + cache-friendly layouts.
  • Tick-data replay with 3 strategies (SMA crossover, mean reversion, market making) — 25,000+ simulated trades.

Multi-Threaded C++ Server Infrastructure

C++17 · PostgreSQL · Docker

Production-grade multi-threaded REST API server with sub-50ms response times via connection pooling and async I/O on Linux.

<50ms
p50 latency
95%
setup time cut
OOP
modular core
  • Thread-safe request handling; race conditions diagnosed with GDB, strace, and structured logging.
  • Docker multi-stage builds + Docker Compose for reproducible CI/CD across environments.

File Indexing & Search Engine

C++ · STL

Hash-based inverted index with TF-IDF ranking — indexes 1,005 docs (136K tokens) in under one second.

145K
tokens/sec
2.36ms
query latency
-30%
memory
  • O(1) average lookup via hash-based inverted index; O(D log D) ranked retrieval with STL containers.
  • Stop-word filtering and tuned containers maintain sub-millisecond response at scale.
02 — Experience

Where I've worked.

Nov 2025 — May 2026

Graduate Research Assistant — Algorithms & Systems

Adelphi University · Garden City, NY

  • Designed 3 high-performance graph optimization algorithms (NumPy/pandas), improving solution quality 0.293% over state-of-the-art on a 1.8M-edge dataset.
  • Hybrid greedy combining backward elimination and forward scoring; matched best-known benchmark with theoretical guarantees.
  • Automated benchmarking across 100+ randomized trials with parameter sweeping.
Aug 2023 — May 2024

Joint Secretary — E-Yantra Robotics Club

NIT Andhra Pradesh · Andhra Pradesh, India

  • Organized 10+ technical workshops on Robotics, IoT, and Embedded Systems for 50+ students.
  • Coordinated intra-college robotics competition attracting 200+ participants.
Education

M.S. Computer Science

Adelphi University · Aug 2024 — May 2026 · GPA 3.84/4.0

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) International Honor Society · Coursework: Advanced Algorithms, Advanced OS, DBMS, Compiler Construction.

Undergraduate

B.Tech, Computer Science

National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh · 2020 — 2024

Joint Secretary, E-Yantra Robotics Club.

03 — Toolbelt

What I work with.

Languages

C++17CPythonJavaSQLBash

Modern C++

Move SemanticsSmart PointersRAIITemplatesSTLLock-FreeMemory Management

Systems & Backend

Multi-ThreadingConcurrencyAsync I/OREST APIsLinuxOOP Design

Perf & Tooling

Linux perfGDBMicrobenchmarksDockerCMakeGitPostgreSQL
04 — Contact

Let's talk systems.

Open to Summer 2026 SDE internships and full-time roles in C++ / low-latency systems, quant dev, and backend infrastructure. Best way to reach me is email.

Jersey City, NJ · +1 860 997 9603