Philip Smolen
CTO at Trade Ideas LLC
Encinitas, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilip Smolen is a seasoned CTO and architect who has built high-throughput real-time search and analytics systems for financial markets since 2002, designing the Trade Ideas platform that records and analyzes all trades across stocks, ETFs, and options. He engineered a modular, scalable stack—originally on LAMP and evolved to handle peak rates of over 8,000 trades per second—combining custom databases, CEP engines, and real-time baselining for volatility, volume, and directional signals. His technology, licensed by major brokers like E*TRADE and Scottrade, also ingests social media for broader market signals and demonstrates applicability beyond finance. With an MCA and BS in Computer Science from UT Austin and prior roles at FutureTrade and BAE Systems, he blends deep low-level systems design with product-driven iteration based on customer feedback. Notably, he built the core because no off‑the‑shelf solution met his needs, reflecting a pragmatic inventiveness and long-term commitment to real-time data problems.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) Computer Science, Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (48)
visual-studio-code10
fundamentals10
deno10
javascript10
microsoft10
electron10
css10
http10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
editor10
visual-studio10
vscode10
html10
rust10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
TradeIdeasPhilip/random-svg-tests
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:167 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
TradeIdeasPhilip/deno-client-server-typescript-template
Jan 2021 - May 2022
A template for creating a client/server project using Deno and TypeScript
Contributions:8 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 4 months
client-servertypescriptdeno
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