Summary
Julien Lafaye is a hands-on technology leader with 11+ years building low-latency, big-data platforms for market data at Capital Fund Management, currently heading Intraday Data and Data Mesh initiatives. He combines deep systems-level engineering (C++, Python, performance tuning) with cloud-native platform design to accelerate time-to-insight from vast, real-time market feeds. Julien manages and mentors cross-functional teams that deliver intraday features and production data services under strict latency and reliability constraints. His background spans research-grade expertise (PhD-level work in databases and security) to production engineering on DDoS mitigation and real-time data pipelines. He has a pragmatic curiosity for choosing the right technology and has recently become an avid adopter of cloud services to modernize data platforms. Based in Paris, he regularly recruits top data-engineering talent and blends academic rigor with trading-floor urgency.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at École Polytechnique
Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
BAC S, BAC S at Lycée Pothier
Lycée Pothier MPSI/MP*