Tepy Thai

Rust Engineer building high-performance trading infrastructure.

From frontend to low-latency systems. Currently focused on Solana DeFi infrastructure and performance optimization.

About

Originally from Cambodia. Based in Tokyo, Japan for over 10 years. Fluent in English and Japanese.

My journey: Math Olympiad Gold Medalist (1st nationwide in Cambodia) → Computer Science at Toyohashi University of Technology → Frontend Engineering → Systems Programming.

Currently building a Solana arbitrage bot in Rust while working as a Frontend Engineer at PR TIMES. Actively seeking Rust engineering positions in HFT, Solana infrastructure, or security systems.

Experience

Frontend Engineer

2021 – Present

PR TIMES, Inc., Tokyo

Japan's largest press release distribution platform. Built a production WYSIWYG editor from scratch, led modernization from jQuery/PHP to React/TypeScript, achieved 8% beta adoption with zero downtime migration.

Engineering Internships

2019 – 2020

Wantedly (React/GraphQL/TypeScript) and Uzabase SPEEDA (Full-stack Agile development).

Skills

Languages

RustTypeScriptPythonGoC

Systems & Performance

Low-latency optimizationLock-free data structuresio_uring / SIMDProfiling (Brendan Gregg)

Blockchain / Solana

Yellowstone GeysergRPC pipelinesDEX protocols (CLMM)Transaction building

Frontend

React / Next.jsTipTap editorsTanStack QueryCore Web Vitals

Currently Learning

  • • "Rust Atomics and Locks" by Mara Bos
  • • "Systems Performance" by Brendan Gregg
  • • Distributed systems (CAP theorem, consensus algorithms)
  • • OS development (os.phil-opp.com)

Other Projects

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Contact

Open to Rust engineering opportunities in HFT, Solana infrastructure, security/EDR systems, or distributed systems.