Paul Beerkens
Software Engineer at Old Mission Capital LLC
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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SeniorPaul Beerkens is a veteran software engineer and hands-on leader with over two decades of experience designing high-performance, high-availability C++ trading systems for top-tier firms including Citadel, Barclays, and TransMarket Group. He combines deep systems-level expertise in low-latency Linux server development with a strong track record of rescuing unreliable, support-intensive platforms and consistently delivering projects on time. His career began in research at Philips on tactile feedback and 3D graphics, giving him an unusual blend of academic rigor and production-grade engineering. As a developer-manager he has built and mentored small, highly effective teams that ship robust risk-management and electronic trading components. Based in Chicago, he currently contributes his expertise to Old Mission Capital, continuing to focus on performance, reliability, and pragmatic architecture.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
English, Dutch
Stackoverflow
138reputation
6kreached
2answers
8questions
Github Skills (18)
option-parser7
locking6
parser6
jquery6
multithreading6
gcc6
git6
javascript6
postgresql6
argv5
argument-parsing5
command-line-parser5
argparse5
getopt5
cpp4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
paulbeerkens/cme_Ilink3_simulator
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:30 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 23 days
paulbeerkens/Logger
Jun 2017 - May 2020
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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