Jack Abernethy
Miami,IL
Summary
Accomplished Developer with a proven track record in options market making, specializing in front-end development (React/TypeScript) and back-end development (Python). Experienced in leading projects, enhancing system efficiencies, and coordinating team efforts.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Developer
Citadel Securities
03.2022 - Current
- Delivered high-performance options trading UIs utilizing Canvas grids, WebSockets, and React. Including our trade blotter which is responsible for streaming millions of trades a day across 100+ users
- Coordinated projects, releases and deprecations across multiple desks/business
- Owned and maintained the UIs for our primary parameter management system
- Increased code leverage by creating shared libraries, plugins and packages and coordinating with core teams
Consultant
Options AI
06.2021 - 03.2022
- Part time consultant work to keep skills sharp during garden leave
- Transitioned 4 services from a unified Java API to Python micro-services using Heroku platform. Worked with nextjs on a few UI features
Full Stack Developer
Akuna Capital
05.2016 - 05.2021
- Made meaningful contributions to 10+ full stack, UI applications including: trade query tools, volatility management and risk scenario managers
- Led a small team of web developers. From creating and maintaining shared libraries to hiring practices to generating requirements for projects
- Had some minor projects in C#
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL06.2014
Skills
- Object-oriented programming
- React/Typescript
- Requirements gathering
- Python tornado/Fast-API
- Test-driven development
- Git
- C#
- kdb/q
- kubernetes
- postgresql
- docker
Timeline
Developer
Citadel Securities
03.2022 - Current
Consultant
Options AI
06.2021 - 03.2022
Full Stack Developer
Akuna Capital
05.2016 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Arts -
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign