Foat Akhmadeev is a founder and software engineer with over 13 years of hands-on experience building high-performance systems, specializing in algorithms and project architecture using Java, Kotlin and Python. He has applied his expertise across fintech algotrading, real-time computer vision, and large-scale search systems—shipping production-quality components like a real-time multi-chalkboard detector and a roof-area maximization algorithm for solar design. As a contributor to the widely used XChange Java library, he implemented and tested Bitmex integration, reflecting deep familiarity with exchange APIs and trading infrastructure. Foat blends research pedigree (Computational Mathematics) with pragmatic engineering—designing multithreaded trading backends, Elasticsearch-based search, and custom throttling frameworks—making him effective at turning complex algorithmic ideas into reliable, test-driven products. Based in Tatarstan, he combines entrepreneurial drive with a track record of open-source and academic contributions that improve both performance and correctness.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computational Mathematics and Information Technologies, Master's degree, Computational Mathematics and Information Technologies at Казанский Государственный Университет / Kazan State University
XChange is a Java library providing a streamlined API for interacting with 60+ Bitcoin and Altcoin exchanges providing a consistent interface for trading and accessing market data.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:21 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Foat primarily contributed to the Bitmex integration, adding comprehensive tests. These changes included new tests in `BitmexTest.java` to verify functionalities like order book, raw tickers, tickers, and trades. Furthermore, the user integrated and tested the Bitmex API features. These changes are related to the interaction of XChange with the Bitmex exchange.
Contributions:5 releases, 9 PRs, 124 pushes in 3 months
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