Summary
Francisco Lasanta is a seasoned engineering leader with 11+ years building low-latency, high-performance systems for financial and crypto markets, currently serving as VP of Engineering at GSR. He combines hands-on systems programming—recently re-architecting a trading platform in Rust with SBE—with strategic platform leadership across data, reliability, and real-time trading infrastructure. His background spans telecom-grade large-scale optimization and streaming data platforms, enabling him to bridge rigorous engineering practices with pragmatic product delivery. Known for improving platform reliability via fail-safe and dropcopy integrations and for shipping modern data stacks (Kafka, ClickHouse, Looker) for simulation and analytics, he brings depth across JVM and systems languages. Based in Spain, he pairs strong technical breadth with a history of leading cross-functional teams through complex, latency-sensitive migrations.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Universidad de Granada
English, Spanish