Peter Lesslie
Senior Software Engineer at Jump Trading LLC
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Lesslie is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building low-latency, production-grade systems in the high-frequency trading and financial technology space. He has held progressive engineering roles at Tradebot, DRW, and Jump Trading, where he focuses on performant, reliable software for mission-critical trading infrastructure. Based in the Greater Chicago Area and trained in computer engineering at the University of Kansas, he blends hardware-aware thinking with software craftsmanship to optimize throughput and latency. Known for navigating fast-paced trading environments, he brings a pragmatic approach to system design and troubleshooting that keeps production systems resilient under pressure. While his public open-source footprint is minimal, his career trajectory signals deep expertise in real-time systems and a preference for delivering robust, behind-the-scenes engineering value.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at University of KansasUniversity of Kansas - School of Engineering
English, French
Github Skills (74)
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lz48
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
selavy/scrabble
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:123 pushes in 1 year 7 months
selavy/studies
Nov 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:119 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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