Nishant Chandra is a senior engineering leader with nearly two decades of experience building large-scale fintech systems at the intersection of data, AI, and capital markets. As SVP Engineering at Angel One — one of India’s largest stockbrokers — he currently leads Post-Trade Systems and Core Platform, having previously built and led the Data Engineering function. His work spans the full arc of modern fintech infrastructure: from lending, banking and trade lifecycle systems to enterprise data platforms designed for scale.
A 2X entrepreneur and IIT Bombay alumnus, Nishant brings a rare combination of hands-on engineering depth and organizational leadership — having built high-performance teams, shaped engineering culture, and driven product innovation under regulatory and market-grade constraints.
At DES 2026, Nishant will share how Synthetic Users — AI agents simulating real human behaviour at scale — can manufacture product intelligence before a single real user touches your product.
He writes about technology and leadership on Medium and is active on LinkedIn.