Kun Zhao
Non-Compete at Geneva Trading
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKun Zhao is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building high-performance trading systems and developer tools, currently at Geneva Trading in Chicago. He specializes in C++, C++/CLI, C#, .NET, Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript and Dart, and has a strong track record of optimizing latency-sensitive code and complex server products. His background includes progressive engineering roles at Trading Technologies where he helped develop Algo Designer Lab and AlgoSE server offerings, and senior engineering positions at Hehmeyer and Geneva focused on production-grade systems. An active contributor to open-source front-end tooling, he has applied practical performance improvements to the widely used SlickGrid project by reducing redundant data access and refactoring render paths. With an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a MicroMasters in Finance from MIT Sloan, he blends deep technical rigor with domain knowledge in finance and trading. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, performance-first solutions that bridge low-level systems work and user-facing interfaces.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Telecommunication Technology, BS, Telecommunication Technology at Beijing Jiaotong UniversityMicroMasters, Fiance, MicroMasters, Fiance at MIT Sloan School of ManagementMS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago
Chinese
Github Skills (5)
slickgrid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
performance-optimization10
html8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
mleibman/SlickGrid
Jun 2013 - Jun 2013
A lightning fast JavaScript grid/spreadsheet
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Kun's commits primarily focus on performance improvements within the SlickGrid codebase. They optimized the grid's rendering process by reducing redundant calls to `getDataItem`. Further, the user addressed performance bottlenecks, likely related to how the grid interacts with the data it displays, and refactored the code related to fetching data. The user also reverted some changes, implying iterative optimization efforts.
javascript
kzhdev/websocket_proxy
Mar 2021 - Nov 2025
Contributions:6 releases, 39 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 8 months
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