Hao Zhang is a software engineer with 13 years of experience building high-performance systems for trading and geospatial platforms, currently at IMC Trading in Chicago. He led a team at Akuna Capital to deliver a next-generation options market-making platform that boosted edge capture 10–25% and scaled strategy deployments from a single pilot to 50+ instances across desks. At HERE he improved 3D rendering and data pipelines, migrating petabytes to AWS and cutting storage costs by 90% while speeding 3D load times and frame rates. Proficient in low-latency C++, 3D rendering, and cloud engineering, he also champions automated end-to-end testing and performance tracing to shrink release cycles and uncover hidden bottlenecks. An active GitHub contributor and tech researcher, he balances deep engineering work with a curiosity for ML and practical system design.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Nanjing University
Master Computer Science, Master Computer Science at University of Iowa
Contributions:42 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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