Xavier Léauté

Xavier Léauté is a highly experienced Principal Engineer at Confluent since September 2016, with a strong background in developing and managing infrastructure for high-performance data processing. As an Apache Druid PMC member since 2015 and a former Head of Platform Infrastructure at Metamarkets, Xavier has contributed significantly to real-time event processing using technologies such as Druid, Kafka, Spark, and Samza. Previous roles include Vice President of Quantitative Research at BlackRock, where quantitative investment strategies for a hedge fund were developed and managed, and an Associate at Barclays Global Investors, focusing on quantitative models for fixed income strategies. Earlier experience includes work at MSCI Inc. on fixed income research and a consultancy role at Siemens Corporate Research. Xavier holds a Master’s degree in Engineering with a specialization in Applied Mathematics from CentraleSupélec and a Master of Engineering in Operations Research from Cornell University.