Daniel Yekini - Applied Mathematics & Computing

About

Software engineer with quantitative focus, experience building greenfield enterprise software and maintaining legacy systems as well as independant development of trading tools. Technical skills span applied mathematics, computing, and markets. This portfolio documents projects, methodology, and results.

Projects

Market Microstructure & Low-Latency Systems

High-Performance Limit Order Book SimulatorLMAX Disruptor-powered low-latency limit order book simulator for market microstructure experiments.

Pricing & Risk Engineering

FinCraftr: Cross-Language Pricing & Risk ToolkitComposable Python/C++ toolkit for pricing, discounting, and risk analytics across asset classes.

Systematic Research & Alternative Data

Game Theory, AI & Adversarial Search

BitSnake: Competitive Snake with Intelligent PathfindingCompetitive snake game featuring BFS and A* pathfinding with adversarial WebSocket updates for AI agents.

Strategic Gomoku AI: Bayesian Approximation Using Memory-Mapped StructureAdversarial Gomoku engine featuring minimax, alpha-beta pruning and a novel memory map for action ranking.

Connect Four AI: Classic Adversarial AgentSearch-based Connect Four agent implementing minimax and alpha-beta pruning to play optimally.

TicTacToe AI: Human vs AI BaselineClassic tic-tac-toe engine showcasing adversarial search via human vs AI play.

Frontend UI & Creative Coding

SingleDiv Art: Minimalism as a CanvasShowcases complex illustrations crafted with pure CSS using only a single div element and pseudo-elements.

A JavaScript Div: Interactive HTML divsExperimenting with pure JavaScript to build a responsive snake game rendered entirely within a single HTML element.

University & Early Work (Selection)

HireSnatch: "Pick Your Own Adventure" GameDesktop game in Java featuring a GUI, story packs and saved games

Scribble App: Java Drawing ToolJava Swing application for freehand drawing and note taking.