Open source · MIT · since 2021
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A knowledge base and runnable curriculum from junior engineer to distinguished engineer.
Part curriculum, part reference vault, part runnable code: over a decade of engineering notes, maintained in the open since 2021. It goes from CS foundations, data structures, and system design to dedicated tracks for quantitative development, ultra-low-latency trading systems, agentic AI, and cloud AI infrastructure, with working C++ and Python for the concepts interviewers actually probe.
6,800
solved DSA problems in C++ and Python
129
notes on low-latency trading systems
14
volumes on agentic AI
16
volumes on cloud AI engineering
159
technical papers with reading notes
80+
system design implementations
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Exchange architecture, matching engines, caches, MESI, and NUMA, isolcpus and IRQ affinity, Onload and DPDK kernel bypass, PTP and HDR histograms, SPSC and MPMC rings, ITCH, OUCH, SBE, and FIX, tick-to-trade pipelines, and FPGAs.
Read it on GitHubC++ Zero to Godhood traces the language from C++98 to C++26 with a compiled PDF; the Python guide covers generators, decorators, async, and the quant libraries; plus a complete STL reference.
Read it on GitHubFourteen volumes ordered as a dependency graph: LLM foundations, tool use and the agent loop, RAG, memory and context engineering, multi-agent systems, MCP, evaluation, safety, production engineering, and coding agents.
Read it on GitHubSixteen volumes on AWS and Google Cloud internals, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, SRE, security, FinOps, AI infrastructure, and LLM serving and inference systems.
Read it on GitHubAbout 6,800 solutions organized by pattern, modern C++20 gold-standard reference implementations, and Blind 75 solved in C++, Python, Java, TypeScript, Go, and Rust.
Read it on GitHubHLD case studies, LLD problems, and 80+ "design a ..." implementations, plus compact working versions of a lock-free stack, Raft, consistent hashing, an LSM tree, and a write-ahead log.
Read it on GitHubReading notes on about 159 papers, including the low-latency canon: Boehm-Adve and McKenney on memory models, Herlihy, the LMAX Disruptor, RCU, Netmap, Kyle, Glosten-Milgrom, and Avellaneda-Stoikov.
Read it on GitHubProgram execution, Git, debugging, profiling, build systems, and packaging in C++, Python, and Rust; the shell and Unix userland; and API engineering from TLS to FastAPI, each with verified labs.
Read it on GitHubgit clone https://github.com/shreejitverma/The-Distinguished-Engineer.git && cd The-Distinguished-Engineer
g++ -std=c++20 -O2 -Wall -Wextra -pthread \
08-Distinguished-Engineering/01-Advanced-Concurrency/lock_free_stack.cpp -o lock_free_stack && ./lock_free_stackOpen source · MIT · since 2022
117 stars25 forksA free, self-tracking preparation system for quant trader, researcher, developer, and risk interviews.
292
syllabus topics, all written
6,264
spaced-repetition question cards
1,100+
hours of planned study
18
firm-specific interview guides
16
syllabus sections
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interactive trading-lab engines