Summary
Gašper Ažman is a pragmatic software engineering leader with 17 years’ experience building high-performance C++ systems in computer vision, sound processing, and distributed computing. Currently Chief Code Gardener at Citadel Securities, he shepherds legacy and research platforms to maintain correctness, clarity, and compact expression in complex codebases. His background spans cutting-edge OCR research at UC Berkeley to low-level calibration and search infrastructure at A9, giving him a rare blend of algorithmic depth and production-grade systems engineering. Trained as a mathematician, he prioritizes precise, concise solutions and thrives on wrangling messy legacy code into maintainable, high-quality software.
17 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Mathematics, Master's degree, Mathematics at Univerza v Ljubljani
Gimnazija Vič, Ljubljana
Slovenian, German, Croatian, English