Technical Background
I build things that need to be fast — really fast. My specialty is low-latency, high-throughput software systems. I have spent my career developing low-latency message routing, multithreaded applications, and networking solutions across TCP/IP, multicast, and UDP protocols, along with object-oriented routing and processing systems built for performance-critical environments.
My first deep technical work was a robotics research project at Brooklyn College, where I designed an ultrasound beacon navigation system for a swarm of NXT Mindstorms robots — teaching them to locate themselves and work together. From there, I moved into fintech, working on an equities real-time low-latency market data platform and a rates margin calculation engine.
I have hands-on experience with a wide range of North American equities and rates market data feeds, including SIP (CTA/UTP), Nasdaq, NYSE, Arca, BATS, imbalance data, OTC (Pinksheets/OTCBB), Nasdaq Fixed Income, and CME.
Currently, I am a Senior Developer at FMX, developing low-latency trading systems — where every microsecond counts.
Core Skills
- C++
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- TCP and UDP socket programming
- Object-oriented design
- Distributed systems
- Low-latency optimization
- Agentic AI tools
Beyond the Code
Most people call me Max. I am Ukrainian, born in the historical town of Dubno, and currently based in New York.
When I am not chasing microseconds, you can find me with a camera in hand, listening to good music, lost in a science-fiction novel, jogging along the beach or through the park, discovering new places, or catching a live concert.