Summary
Brett Hutley is a seasoned senior programmer with 15 years of commercial experience across finance, fintech and product startups, now based in Sydney and pursuing advanced AI studies at UTS with plans for a PhD. He has led engineering teams and built production trading and risk systems (Java, Python, Kafka, FIX) for banks and trading firms, and later transitioned to senior and leadership roles in product companies and his own consultancy. Brett combines quantitative depth—CQF, masters-level study in finance and statistics—and hands-on system design, having delivered greenfield e-trading platforms, self-healing monitoring initiatives and FX algo engines. Currently at BitSensei, he blends research-oriented curiosity with pragmatic delivery, mentoring teams and shipping resilient distributed systems. A former CEO and long-time contractor, he brings an unusual mix of entrepreneurship, domain expertise in financial systems, and an academic drive toward AI research.
15 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Mathematics and Statistics (Honours), BSc Mathematics and Statistics (Honours) at The Open University
UNSW Sydney
Masters Finance, Masters Finance at Macquarie University
BA Psychology, BA Psychology at The University of Auckland
CQF Quantitative Finance, CQF Quantitative Finance at 7City / Wilmott