Mitchell Lai

Mitchell Lai is a Site Reliability Engineer at Virtu Financial since September 2025, specializing in core operations. Previously, Mitchell served as a Systems Administrator at The D. E. Shaw Group and completed a Software Engineering Internship at Amazon Web Services, focusing on DynamoDB Kinesis Data Streams integration. Mitchell's early career includes multiple systems internships at The D. E. Shaw Group and a Software Engineering Internship at Wynd Technologies, along with a role as a Computer Consulting/Administrative Aide at Northwestern University's Medill School, where support was provided to students and faculty with classroom technology. Mitchell also has experience as a Math and English tutor and as an Internal Communications Intern at Analog Devices. Education includes a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Northwestern University.