Who: Ionuț Nicula
Where: London, United Kingdom
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Bucharest (class of 2023)
Work experience:
Bitdefender (Bucharest, Romania):
Stripe (Bucharest, Romania):
April 2024 → September 2025
Worked on improving the security-related infrastructure within the company by writing SSH
alternatives with finer-grained and more limited access. Used Go almost entirely.
Jump Trading (London, United Kingdom):
September 2025 → Present
Working on high-performance trading systems.
Main interests:
Systems programming, C++, Rust, low-level optimizations
Other: Bach (primarily interpretations by
Gould , S.
Richter , and
Herreweghe ), analytic
philosophy ,
ethics/metaethics ,
effective altruism , films,
manga, anime
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