Andrew Erickson is a director-level engineering leader based in Zurich with 20+ years building scalable web applications and low-latency trading systems across finance and technology. He combines deep server-side expertise in Scala and Java with hands-on front-end craftsmanship in VueJS/AngularJS, Typescript, SASS and UX-driven UI design. At Arcual he moved from principal engineer to Director of Engineering, and his background includes improving application performance at scale and shipping core frameworks used across enterprise teams. He also pursues creative technical exploration through obsolete.design, producing on-chain generative art and custom ERC‑721 contracts, highlighting a rare blend of production-grade backend skills and experimental Web3/creative tooling. Known for pragmatic architecture decisions, performance tuning, and mentoring teams, he brings both trading-domain knowledge and product-focused UI sensibility.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science Mathematics, BSc Computer Science Mathematics at University of Otago
SASS color palette generation using HCL color space
Contributions:32 PRs, 64 pushes, 33 branches in 2 years 11 months
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