About

Andrew Finkenstadt is a Systems Software Engineer at Citadel in Chicago with over 36 years of relevant experience. He is a cross-disciplinary architect developer of massively multi-player solutions for server and client working primarily in the computer game industry and other high-speed services. Andrew is particularly skilled in database design, communication protocols & computer security, PCI DSS-compliant billing systems, and general server and application logic programming. At Citadel, Andrew takes ownership, drives features and creates specifications, engages partner teams, provides technical leadership across broad domains of computer science topics, and executes on implementations using sensible choices. He has previously worked at Zynga as an Architect in various roles, including Central Tech Organization, Unannounced Game, Central Game Services, and Poker. He was also a Studio Architect and CTO at Solstice Arena. Andrew has experience in various technologies such as C++, Go Language, Java, JavaScript, scripting languages, Amazon AWS, Scala, Akka, C#, Unity 5, PHP, Jenkins, Vertica, and Windows Server administration. He has worked on projects such as Project Mars, PBR, GraphCache, Apps, AWS Migrations, and HeroCloud cluster automation software. Andrew has also mentored colleagues, screened candidates and future employees, and code-reviewed others’ work. Andrew's education includes High School Enrichment (Math, Computer Programming) from Sinclair Community College. His tech stack includes Software Engineer, AWS, Senior Software Engineer, Java, Scala, Javascript, PHP, Jenkins, Backend, CI/CD, Integration, Web, and infra. In addition to his technical skills, Andrew and his team at Citadel also walk dogs.