Summary
Wei Qin is a quantitative developer in New York with 11 years of experience building high-performance systems across HFT, blockchain, and embedded toolchains. With a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton and early academic tenure, he blends rigorous research skills with hands-on development of low-latency trading infrastructure and greenfield projects at Cubist. His background spans EDA tools, compilers, instruction-set simulation and embedded systems—skills that translate to designing deterministic, optimizable systems for both finance and crypto. Past roles at Hudson River Trading, Tower Research, and blockchain startups reflect a pattern of tackling latency-sensitive, mission-critical software. Outside engineering he is also a photographer, hinting at a creative eye for detail that complements his systems-level rigor.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS Electronics Engineering, MS Electronics Engineering at Fudan University
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering at Princeton University