Francisco M is a Quant Research Lead and PhD-trained engineer with 11 years blending financial engineering, distributed optimization, and machine learning into production-grade trading and DeFi systems. He builds high-performance data pipelines and Rust-based quant models—past roles include Quantitative Data Engineer at Keyrock and multiple technical lead positions delivering AWS + ClickHouse infrastructure and on-chain trading prototypes. As an associate professor he designed and taught courses on market microstructure and financial ML, mentoring thesis work that bridges academic research with industry deployments. His recent focus is on agentic, distributed ML methods for DeFi trading agents, combining on-chain prototyping with eUDF-accelerated analytics for low-latency decisioning. Notably, he pairs deep academic rigor with hands-on Rust engineering and cloud MLOps to move research into resilient, auditable systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool with Technical Degree Electronics & Communications, Highschool with Technical Degree Electronics & Communications at Centro de Enseñanza Técnica Industrial
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering Sciences & Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering Sciences & Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence at ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
Contributions:79 commits, 71 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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Francisco M - Quant Research Lead at IteraLabs.xyz