Weiran Huang
Software Engineer II at Akuna Capital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolWeiran Huang is a software engineer based in Chicago with eight years of experience building low-latency trading engines and pricing libraries for high-performance finance. Currently at Akuna Capital, he progressed from intern to Software Engineer II, demonstrating rapid growth in production systems and real-time infrastructure. His background blends advanced academic research—PhD-level computer science work and a master's in computer engineering—with hands-on internships at Amazon and global research labs, giving him a strong foundation in both theory and deployment. Known to code for life, he favors clean, efficient systems and brings a global perspective from roles across the US, Asia, and research centers. An avid problem-solver, he draws inspiration from Asimov’s Foundation in his GitHub handle, signaling a long-term, systems-oriented mindset.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering, Master of Science - MS Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science at Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
English, Chinese, gann chinese
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Github Skills (113)
python10
gnn10
self-attention10
creative-commons10
cpp10
apply10
algorithm10
exams10
java10
graph-neural-network10
intel9
database9
relational-databases9
hexo9
attention-mechanism9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
EtoDemerzel0427/ascii-live
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Capture your live webcam stream in ASCII-art form.
Contributions:18 commits, 11 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 4 months
ascii-artwebcam
EtoDemerzel0427/old
Jan 2018 - Feb 2023
Contributions:221 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 2 months
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