Soumil Aggarwal

Soumil Aggarwal is a quantitative researcher at Quantbox Research, a Singapore-headquartered high-frequency proprietary trading firm. He studied Computer Science at IIT Delhi (B.Tech), where he was an undergraduate teaching assistant and received a departmental Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for COL226 (Programming Languages). He was a member of India's team at the 2019 International Mathematical Olympiad, earning an Honourable Mention. Before joining Quantbox he completed quantitative trading internships at Tower Research Capital (Singapore, 2023) and Jane Street (Hong Kong, 2022), and he has co-authored research on Nash social welfare under lexicographic valuations with Rohit Vaish and Jatin Yadav.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. The subject held quantitative finance roles at three verified quantitative firms. (1) Quantbox Research - current Quantitative Researcher since 2024; the firm's own site describes it as a 'quantitative trading firm' and a 'global high-frequency trading firm' (quantboxresearch.com). (2) Jane Street - Quantitative Trading Intern, Hong Kong (2022); Jane Street's own site describes it as a 'quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider'. (3) Tower Research Capital - Quantitative Trading Intern, Singapore, Limestone Team (2023); Tower Research describes itself as a 'quantitative trading firm'. Identity is supported by the LinkedIn profile (CS graduate, IIT Delhi; Quantitative Researcher at Quantbox), the arXiv paper 'Easier, but Not Easy' listing 'Soumil Aggarwal, Quantbox Research', and the IMO 2019 India team listing. All three are actual employment/internship roles, not student programs or competitions.Sep 2026
• Employer classification check: Quantbox Research is a proprietary high-frequency trading firm (not merely a company with 'quant' in its name) - its own site states systematic strategies run on proprietary low-latency technology across global financial markets.2026
• Co-authored the paper 'Easier, but Not Easy: Nash Welfare under Lexicographic Valuations' with Rohit Vaish and Jatin Yadav, listed under Quantbox Research with contact email [contact omitted] - the affiliation ties his research identity to his employer.2026
• Listed on IMO 2019 India team: Soumil Aggarwal, New Delhi, Honourable Mention.Jul 2019
• Career timeline places two quantitative-trading internships before the full-time Quantbox role: Jane Street (Hong Kong, 2022) and Tower Research Capital (Singapore, Limestone Team, 2023), both during his IIT Delhi undergraduate years.
• Presented (joint work) as a talk by Jatin Yadav at IIT Delhi ScAI: 'Maximizing Nash Social Welfare under Lexicographic Valuations', listed as joint work with Soumil Aggarwal and Rohit Vaish - a research collaboration spanning his employer and IIT Delhi.
• Received an IIT Delhi CSE 'Outstanding Teaching Assistant' award, listed for COL226 (Programming Languages) alongside Adit Malhotra - indicates a graded TA role beyond routine duties.