About
Velocity Edge is one principal engineer who has spent his career where trading meets technology. You work with him directly.
Phillip Pienaar
Founder and principal engineer · LinkedIn
Twenty years in markets technology across London, Singapore and Sydney: electronic trading, front-office risk, market risk, prime brokerage and product control at eight global banks, latterly ANZ in Sydney.
At ANZ in Sydney he was Engineering Chapter Lead for Market Risk and then for eFX Trading, leading the low-latency engineers behind execution algorithms and liquidity aggregation. He has since been Head of Engineering, on contract, of a Kubernetes inference platform for a company in the United Kingdom.
BSc Computer Science, University of Auckland.
How we work
- BasedAuckland, New Zealand.
- WorksRemote only.
- HoursNew Zealand business hours, overlapping Australia and Singapore; UK overlap by arrangement.
- CurrenciesNZD for New Zealand clients, USD for clients elsewhere.
Experience
| Years | Where | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 | A machine-learning company, United Kingdom | Head of Engineering, on contract: a Kubernetes inference platform |
| 2019–2023 | ANZ, Sydney | Engineering Chapter Lead, Market Risk, then eFX Trading |
| 2006–2019 | Credit Suisse, ANZ, Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, RBS, Lloyds, Barclays Capital, Morgan Stanley | Electronic trading, front-office risk, market risk, prime brokerage and product control, in London and Singapore |
- A machine-learning company, United Kingdom
- ANZ, Sydney
- Eight global banks, London and Singapore
The company
Velocity Edge is a trading name of Darkwave Trading Limited, a New Zealand company: company number 8717546, NZBN 9429051275785. Contracts and invoices are issued in that name.
Tell us about your system
We reply within two New Zealand business days.