George Hilios

George Hilios has a diverse work experience in various engineering leadership roles. George is currently working as the Engineering Leader - Platform at Citadel Securities. Prior to this, they worked at Two Sigma as an Engineering Leader, leading a Data Engineering group focused on enabling researchers to iterate rapidly on large datasets. George also co-founded Stepwise Investments, where they served as the Chief Engineer, responsible for building the custom software powering their algorithms.

George has also held roles at Indeed.com as an Engineering Manager, where they were involved in the development of the company's messaging platform and resume infrastructure, and at Microsoft, where they served as a Principal Technical Development Lead and a Senior Developer. At Microsoft, they worked on developing scalable web services and experiences for Bing and the Edge service. Additionally, they played a critical role in enabling the deployment of Vista and Windows 7 updates.

Earlier in their career, George worked as a High Frequency Trading Research Assistant at the University of Washington, providing software development support. George also worked as a Software Developer at Shepherd Medical Solutions, developing software for doctors to input patient data electronically while ensuring HIPAA compliance.

Overall, George Hilios has demonstrated expertise in engineering leadership, data engineering, software development, and scalable web services.

George Hilios obtained their Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, which they pursued from 2002 to 2006. During the same period, they also pursued a Bachelor's degree in Applied and Discrete Mathematics from the same institution. Later, from 2011 to 2014, they attended the University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business, where they earned an MBA with a focus on Leadership, Finance, and Economics.