Dennis Fleurbaaij is a hardware and systems engineering leader with over a decade of experience building ultra-low-latency trading infrastructure and managing end-to-end R&D labs for a top global market maker. At Optiver he has combined roles from trader to CTO-level technical market structure, designing bespoke trading substrates and globally deployable systems that blend physics, business constraints, and software engineering. He has deep hands-on expertise in C++, Python, data platforms and firmware-adjacent hardware work, and a track record of shipping rigorously tested, production HFT stacks across exchanges. Based in Austin, he runs a state-of-the-art lab that turns research ideas into manufacturable, competitive trading systems. Colleagues rely on him for both high-level market-structure insight and low-level performance tuning—an unusual duality that drives measurable trading edge.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
B.ICT., Information and Communication Technology, B.ICT., Information and Communication Technology at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
M.Sc., Information Management (IT, Economics), M.Sc., Information Management (IT, Economics) at Tilburg University
Information Technology, Information Technology at ROC Zeeland
DirectShow filter that can inject HDR and WCG metadata to advanced renderers like madVR so that they can render correctly if the source does not tell them (like capture cards).
Contributions:3 releases, 20 commits, 13 pushes in 21 days
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