Rana Ian - Senior Software Engineer

Results-driven software engineer with expertise building high-performance, production-grade systems in Go and Rust. Specialist in distributed systems, compiler development, language processing, database drivers, and time series optimization.

Technical Skills

• Languages: Go, Rust, SQL
• Specialties: Distributed systems, Compilers & Language Processing, Database Systems, High-Performance Computing, SIMD Optimization

Notable Open Source Work

Algorithmic Trading System (Go, ~288k LOC)

• Architected modular trading system with strategy development and backtesting capabilities
• Built domain-specific language (DSL) compiler for trading strategy development
• Implemented machine learning integration and real-time market data processing pipeline
• Created comprehensive visualization package for market data analysis
• Developed high-performance execution engine with both historical and real-time capabilities

Oracle Database Driver (Go)

• Led development of production-grade Oracle database driver implementing database/sql interface
• Implemented comprehensive OCI (Oracle Call Interface) bindings and session pooling
• Built features including LOB handling, result caching, and advanced Oracle data types
• Achieved reliable performance through connection pooling and session management
• Created comprehensive test suite and documentation for enterprise deployment

Performance Analysis Framework (Rust)

• Created sophisticated benchmarking framework for analyzing Rust code performance
• Implemented cycle-level CPU measurements through RDTSC/RDTSCP processor instructions
• Developed test suites comparing allocation strategies, lookup methods, and iteration techniques
• Generated detailed performance comparisons across threading and parallelization approaches
• Analyzed performance implications of different synchronization methods (join vs MPSC channels)

Time Series Compression (Rust)

• Designed specialized compression system for financial market data with millisecond precision
• Implemented differential encoding and binary packing optimized with 256-bit SIMD
• Created block-based processing system handling 256 elements per SIMD operation
• Built system specifically optimized for NYSE trading hours (9:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET)
• Developed clean APIs with comprehensive error handling and testing

Integer Compression Libraries (Rust)

• Built multiple high-performance integer compression libraries (Stream VByte, VARINT)
• Implemented SIMD-accelerated compression processing 8 integers simultaneously
• Created zero-copy APIs prioritizing both performance and memory efficiency
• Developed lookup tables and specialized bit manipulation for optimal throughput
• Authored detailed technical documentation and implementation guides

Experience

• Designed and developed components for algorithmic trading systems
• Implemented real-time market data processing
• Built custom domain-specific languages for trading strategies
• Created visualization tools for market analysis

Open Source Contributions

• Active contributor to multiple open source projects
• Focus on performance optimization and systems programming
• Strong track record of well-documented, production-quality code
• Demonstrated ability to work with complex technical systems

Highlights

• Deep expertise in performance optimization and systems programming
• Track record of building production-grade open source software
• Strong focus on code quality, testing and documentation
• Proven ability to tackle complex technical challenges
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills