Tim Lardner
Engineering Team Lead at Citadel Securities
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Lardner is an engineering team lead with 11 years of experience building and shipping low-latency, high-reliability systems in quantitative trading and financial technology. Currently leading engineering teams at Citadel Securities, he progressed from senior engineer roles into leadership while sustaining hands-on technical involvement. His background blends a PhD and MEng from the University of Strathclyde with applied research and production experience at J.P. Morgan and Beacon Platform, giving him a rare mix of academic rigor and market-facing product delivery. Known for a competitive, candid approach (and a memorable GitHub persona), he focuses on driving measurable performance improvements and mentoring engineers to operational excellence. Notably, he has moved repeatedly between research and industry roles, signaling a talent for translating complex models into robust, production-grade software.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Master of Engineering (MEng) at University of Strathclyde
Spanish, English
Github Skills (12)
flask4
reddit3
praw3
telegram-bot3
identity3
pyramid3
authentication3
explore3
saml2
youtube2
python1
dsl1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
maaarghk/SteamieBot
Dec 2015 - Dec 2017
Contributions:86 commits, 84 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
timlardner/bbbot
Dec 2015 - Jul 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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