Manuel Polo
Co-Founder And CTO at QtSurfer
Spain
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Top SchoolManuel Polo is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 22 years of experience building distributed systems, blockchain products and high-frequency trading infrastructure from Spain. As Co-Founder and CTO of QtSurfer and multiple startups (Wuabit, Pagobit, InvesTaxes), he blends deep hands-on skills in Java, C/C++, JavaScript and backend architecture with a long track record of shipping crypto tooling and integrations. He contributes to notable open-source Java projects like XChange (exchange API) and Redisson, adding testnet/sandbox support and robustness improvements that underline his focus on reliable production integrations. Comfortable leading product and platform teams, he also teaches and consults on blockchain and interledger work, signaling both practical delivery and thought leadership. Known for pragmatic craftsmanship — “To fix or not to fix” — he prefers precise, maintainable fixes that scale across real trading and financial systems.
22 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS IT, BS IT at San Valero
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (18)
caching10
redis10
apidoc10
distributed-systems10
java10
javas10
binance10
rpc10
api10
testing9
bitcoins9
bitcoin9
logging8
git7
concurrent7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
redisson/redisson
Jun 2016 - Feb 2024
Redisson - Valkey and Redis Java client. Real-Time Data Platform. Sync/Async/RxJava/Reactive API. Over 50 Valkey and Redis based Java objects and services: Set, Multimap, SortedSet, Map, List, Queue, Deque, Semaphore, Lock, AtomicLong, Map Reduce, Bloom filter, Spring, Tomcat, Scheduler, JCache API, Hibernate, RPC, local cache..
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Manuel primarily focused on modifying the `RedissonRemoteService.java` file, adding error logging for remote service requests and acknowledgements. They addressed method length warnings by fixing checkstyle issues. Additional commits included merging branches and adding test cases within the repository. The user made further contributions including adding autogenerated stream sequence ID support to StreamMessageId, and removing a System.out call.
jedismemoryrpclockredis-sentinel
knowm/XChange
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
XChange is a Java library providing a streamlined API for interacting with 60+ Bitcoin and Altcoin exchanges providing a consistent interface for trading and accessing market data.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:49 commits, 14 PRs, 14 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Manuel's primary contribution involves adding sandbox support for the Binance exchange, modifying code to interact with a testnet environment. The changes include modifications to the Binance streaming exchange and Binance exchange classes. The user also merged updates from the upstream develop branch, incorporating various updates to the Bitstamp integration and introducing new features.
apiexchangejava-librarykucoinexchanges
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