Michael Burkat
Senior Software Developer at DRW
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Burkat is a Senior Software Developer based in Montreal with 11 years of hands-on experience building production software, currently advancing trading technology at DRW where he has progressed from Software Developer to senior engineer since 2017. He transitioned into software after graduate studies in biochemistry and a graduate diploma in computer science, bringing a research-driven approach to problem solving and system design. Michael thrives in low-latency, high-reliability environments common to financial engineering, focusing on pragmatic, maintainable solutions that scale. His background spanning scientific rigor and applied software engineering gives him an affinity for data-intensive systems and careful performance tuning. Colleagues describe him as a steady contributor who elevates code quality and delivery through thoughtful design and mentorship.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Biochemistry, Master's Degree, Biochemistry at University of AlbertaGraduate Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Science, Graduate Diploma in Computer Science, Computer Science at Concordia UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry at McGill University
English, French, Polish
Github Skills (56)
api-rest10
strings10
redis10
nexus10
exchange10
advertising10
server10
database10
in-memory9
key-value9
lists9
nosql9
fst9
data-model9
docker9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rtbkit/rtbkit
Sep 2014 - Sep 2016
Contributions:228 commits, 10 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 years
exchangebidderexchangesnexusrubicon
datacratic/gorest
May 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 8 months
golangapiyet-anotherrestrest-api
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