Summary
Mickey Sweatt is a Tech Lead with 12 years of experience building systematic trading infrastructure and monetization strategies in high-frequency markets, currently leading ETF, corporate bond, and ADR strategy engineering at Citadel Securities in New York. He has rearchitected OTC/ADR ecosystems to enable robust simulation and research, and built a standalone systematic corporate bond trading business from the ground up. Previously he delivered 30x performance improvements and firm-wide research tooling as part of a small advanced technology team, and has deep experience across Scala, Java, C++, Python, and distributed data platforms. Trained at UCLA (BS, MS) and seasoned by internships at Google, JPL, and Bloomberg, he blends academic rigor with production-grade systems thinking. Colleagues rely on him to simplify complex strategy development while improving reliability and accelerating monetization research.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (A.S.) Mathematics and Science, Associate of Science (A.S.) Mathematics and Science at Victor Valley College
University of California, Los Angeles
High School College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, High School College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program at Sultana HS
Spanish, English