Summary
Tony Lian is a software engineer in New York with 5+ years of experience building production systems at AWS and Citadel, grounded in a prior six-year career as an SPX options trader. He blends capital markets domain knowledge with strong quantitative and data engineering skills in Python, SQL, and Excel to drive process-focused, measurable improvements. Comfortable working at the intersection of trading and engineering, he translates complex market signals into automated, auditable systems. An MBA and BS from the University of Chicago inform his pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to product and operational decisions. Though primarily hands-on in proprietary settings, his profile reflects a rare combination of market-making instincts and cloud-scale software delivery expertise.
5 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, MBA at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
BS, BS at University of Chicago