Summary
Alex Kachanov is an Associate Director and seasoned Java engineer with 18+ years of experience building low-latency, front-office trading systems and enterprise integrations across APAC and global markets. He specializes in high-performance Core Java (zero-GC, multithreaded) order management and exchange connectivity using FIX, native protocols, JMS/EMS and JNI, with hands-on DevOps and L2 production support. Alex has delivered market connectivity and algorithmic trading modules for major banks, led performance engineering for co-located trading platforms, and currently architects a distributed, zero-garbage equities OMS at UBS. Comfortable across the full stack, he pairs server-side Java EE and database expertise with client-side HTML/JavaScript UI work and pragmatic QA/CD practices. Based in Kawasaki, Japan, he combines trader-facing product sensibility with deep systems engineering, and his linguistic background (Masters in English and French linguistics) underpins strong communication with international teams.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Lingustics, English and French Languages, Master of Lingustics, English and French Languages at Minski Dzjaržauny Lingvistyèny Universitet
Russian, English, French, Italian