Eric Crampton
Technology at Jump Trading LLC
Henderson, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Crampton is a seasoned technology leader and hands-on engineer with 11+ years of experience building high-performance distributed systems for trading and financial markets, currently developing low-latency infrastructure at Jump Trading. He has led global software organizations as CTO/EVP at Cboe and Bats, architecting matching engines, market data feeds, and order gateways while continuing to code in Rust, C++, and Java. A lifetime Linux user and holder of Series 7/63 licenses, he blends deep systems and algorithmic expertise with practical market knowledge across equities, options, and futures. His career spans startups and giants—from Amazon and Pelago to market microstructure pioneers—and includes advisory and board roles that shape regional tech ecosystems. An avid open-source contributor and raconteur of computing lore, he once earned a $2.56 check from Donald Knuth for spotting an error in TAOCP, a detail that hints at his meticulousness and long tenure in the field.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Computer Science, M.S., Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityB.S., Mathematics and Computer Science, B.S., Mathematics and Computer Science at Virginia Tech
Github Skills (9)
wireshark7
cryptocurrency6
finance6
ethereum6
trading6
blockchain6
kubernetes1
helm1
ace1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
BATS/bats-dissectors
Sep 2014 - Dec 2016
BATS Global Markets Wireshark Dissectors
Contributions:10 commits, 4 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 4 months
ethereumblockchainbatswiresharktrading
ecrampton/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Apr 2019
Contributions:81 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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