Summary
Linwei Yuan is a Senior Software Engineer and Assistant Vice President based in Toronto with six years of experience designing high-performance, low-latency backend systems for e-trading and AI-driven applications. Proficient in Java, Python, C++, Go, and KDB/q, Linwei has delivered distributed platforms that process millions of events per second with sub-millisecond targets and led projects at Citi that improved reliability and automated recovery for mission-critical trading infrastructure. Prior roles blend machine learning and systems work—accelerating GPU-based optical simulations by 3x and contributing to full-stack visualization and deployment tooling—showing a rare mix of numerical optimization and production engineering. He brings a strong academic foundation from McGill and a knack for turning research techniques into scalable, production-ready solutions.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Central Catholic High School
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering at McGill University
Japanese, French, English, Chinese