Summary
Anton Zhvakin is a C/C++ software engineer with 13 years of experience specializing in high-performance trading systems, low-latency networking, and multithreaded architectures. He has led backend teams and architected production trading platforms—designing protocols, schemas, and integrations with exchanges and liquidity providers—while driving performance profiling and optimization. At Finstek he raised integration test coverage from 25% to 70% and ran 30+ technical interviews, demonstrating both hands-on delivery and hiring/mentorship capabilities. His toolkit spans modern C++ (11–20), Boost, Protobuf, sockets, SQL, CMake and CI/CD, and he’s a staunch Vim/NeoVim user who prefers working in terminals. Based in Amsterdam, Anton combines deep systems-level engineering with a pragmatic focus on measurable speed improvements and reliable production launches.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Not finished Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Not finished Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Izhevsk State Technical University (ISTU)
Russian, English