Kevin Fox
Software Engineer at Jane Street
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Fox is a hands-on software engineer and former engineering leader with 12 years of experience building finance-focused systems, currently contributing at Jane Street after serving as CTO and earlier VP of Engineering at YCharts. He blends deep technical craft with strategic leadership—scaling teams and product architecture for data-driven financial software while maintaining a developer-first ethos. His background includes early engineering at Goldman Sachs and a rigorous CS and Finance education from NYU, summa cum laude. Colleagues know him for translating complex domain requirements into reliable, production-ready services and for preferring code and systems design over meetings. Outside of managerial duties he stays actively technical, reflecting an engineer-first approach even in executive roles.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Finance, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Finance, Summa Cum Laude at New York University
English
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Github Skills (151)
realtime10
messaging10
python10
message-queue10
docker-desktop10
python-client10
mutual-funds10
javascript10
rabbitmq10
reactive-programming10
database10
kombu10
build-system10
django-models10
nodejs10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ycharts/pycharts
Feb 2017 - Nov 2021
Python client for the YCharts API
Contributions:3 reviews, 8 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 9 months
apipythonychartspython-clientmutual-funds
ycharts/django_cache_helper
Jan 2017 - Nov 2022
Cache Decorators for Django
Contributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 29 commits in 5 years 11 months
rediscache-decoratorsdecoratorsdjangocache
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