Summary
Łukasz Harężlak is a trader and technologist with 12 years of experience building and trading electronic market-making systems, currently trading at Optiver in Sydney. He transitioned from software engineering to trading, combining deep full-stack and distributed-systems experience with live derivatives trading expertise (including S&P500 index options). As a startup co-founder he architected a globally distributed, real-time prediction market—designing scalable infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and real-time front-end integrations—bringing a product-minded approach to engineering. He holds an M.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering from the University of Amsterdam and is known for applying low-latency, performance-tuned software practices to both trading and consumer-facing products.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Charles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at The Silesian University of Technology
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering, 8.5/10, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering, 8.5/10 at University of Amsterdam
A course in Design of Interactive Systems, Computer Software Engineering, -, A course in Design of Interactive Systems, Computer Software Engineering, - at Technical University of Denmark
Spanish, Polish, English, German