Eric Faurie

Eric Faurie is an experienced technology professional currently serving as Engineering Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer at DRW since January 2024. Prior to this position, Eric held roles as Chief Data Officer, Senior Developer, and Quantitative Developer at Akuna Capital from March 2017 to August 2023. Eric's earlier experience includes working as a Data Engineer at Civis Analytics, a Software Engineer contracted by Roberson and Associates for the United States Defense Information Systems Agency, and a Research Assistant in the Wireless Networking and Communications Laboratory at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Eric's professional background is reinforced by experience in FX Trading and Sales Tech at Goldman Sachs and a technical internship at NASA Langley Research Center. With a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, expertise includes Python, Java, data engineering, semantic web technologies, and systems development.