Meet the Development Team

At Lakeside Trading, our development team powers the backbone of our trading strategies and infrastructure. From low-latency systems to scalable data pipelines, we build the tools that drive performance.

Development Team
Tom Kalaway

Tom Kalaway

Lead Systems Engineer focused on latency optimization and high-frequency architecture.

John Tancredi

John Tancredi

Software Developer building scalable infrastructure and real-time analytics tools.

Rick Clauss

Rick Clauss

Full-Stack Developer passionate about intuitive trading interfaces and backend pipelines.

Engineering Culture

Our developers collaborate in a flat structure that values autonomy, creativity, and clean code. We believe in building resilient systems that handle millions of data points with precision and speed.

Tech Stack

We leverage a diverse stack including Python, C++, Rust, Redis, Kafka, and PostgreSQL. Every developer has a say in architectural decisions, and we continuously explore new technologies.

Growth & Impact

Whether it's optimizing our matching engine or building data visualizations for traders, developers at Lakeside take ownership of high-impact projects from day one.