Summary
Alexei Zakharov is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer in New York with 14 years of professional software experience and over a decade specializing in high-performance C++ systems. He has led architecture and development of low-latency trading and crypto platforms, drawing on earlier roles building core frameworks at Bloomberg and performance-critical components at Microsoft and major trading firms. Comfortable across C, C#, Perl and Python, Alexei blends deep systems-level expertise (POSIX, Windows API, Boost, .NET) with hands-on design of scalable, production trading infrastructure. He mentors engineers in advanced C++ and design patterns and is known for turning complex financial requirements into pragmatic, high-throughput systems. An uncommon thread through his career is consistent movement between global firms and fast-moving trading startups, giving him both institutional rigor and startup agility.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS Physics, BS Physics at Novosibirsk State University (NSU)