I am Ricky Yu, a quantitative trading technologist/software engineer currently residing in Sydney, Australia.

As a quant developer, I engage closely with quant researchers and traders to design, develop, and deploy applications that facilitate the trading of financial instruments in the market. As an engineer, my role primarily focuses on the SRE/platform sphere, where I write program code that makes managing large scale clusters easier, robust and more automated.

I am also a freelancer for all things tech related – I’ve worked on various projects in the past, including:

• Deploying Docker/Kubernetes infrastructure for a crypto trading operation;
• Developing economic forecasting models using machine learning and Monte Carlo method;
• Upgrading client’s production-critical codebase from Python2 to Python3.

If you’re considering collaboration, I offer the following consultancy and advisory services:

• Software development: As an experienced developer specialized in backend and platform development, I develop custom software solutions tailored to meet your specific needs. I am mostly familiar with Golang and Python.
• Trading systems engineering: I offer comprehensive advisory services in the field of trading systems, ranging from selecting specialized execution hardware to the development of sophisticated derivative pricing systems.
• DevOps/SRE and automation solutions: I offer expertise in DevOps practices and automation, optimizing software development processes and improving deployment cycles.