Chas
Kotti

CS @ Wichita State/Quant Dev Track/Math Minor

CS student at Wichita State, math minor. Into C++, quant finance, and geopolitics. Working toward a quant developer role.

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01/About

A little
about me

CS student at Wichita State, math minor, graduating December 2027. Currently working as an eCAD designer at NIAR. Into C++, quant finance, energy geopolitics, and the occasional philosophy rabbit hole. Aiming for quant developer roles at Jane Street, Citadel, HRT.

C++ / SystemsQuant FinanceGeopoliticsStatistical PhysicsPhilosophyData Viz
University
Wichita State University
Major / Minor
Computer Science / Mathematics
Graduating
December 2027
Current Role
eCAD Designer @ NIAR
Primary Language
C++17
Target
Quant Developer — Jane Street, Citadel, HRT, Jump, Optiver, IMC
02/Projects

Selected
work

01
Featured Project

Order Matching Engine

Language
C++17
Architecture
Lock-free
Priority
Price-time FIFO
Target
Sub-200ns

A limit order book implementing price-time priority FIFO matching in C++17. Built with lock-free data structures and cache-line-aligned hot paths targeting sub-200ns order processing latency.

C++17Lock-FreeLow Latency
GitHub Repository →
02

C++ Backtesting Engine

C++17Quant FinanceEvent-Driven

Event-driven backtesting framework with slippage modeling and portfolio analytics.

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03/Writing

Essays &
observations

2025-01-15
Free Will at the Knife-Edge of Now
Determinism, quantum decoherence, and why agency might live precisely in the present moment
Philosophy
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04/Contact

Get in
touch

Open to conversations about quant finance, C++, and internship or full-time opportunities. I respond to everything.

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