Ali Zaini
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Alexandru Puia
I had the pleasure of working as Ali’s manager when he was employed at FactSet as a Software Engineer Intern over the summer. Responsible, punctual and extremely bright, Ali was among the best talent in the 10-week internship program, and I absolutely endorse his qualification and his skill set. I was continuously impressed by his ability to independently address issues and come up with solutions even when they may not be obvious. Ali can prioritise workload with regards to appropriate deadlines and can professionally and effectively communicate through means of written and oral communication, being able to voice ideas and/or concerns without any issues. During his 10-week internship, he successfully completed the tasks of integrating our financial API endpoints with the Slack platform that help us provide data to our clients, thus broadening our offering. Throughout this process he demonstrated a clear ability to understand existing codebase as well as contributing to it flawlessly.
Alexandru Puia
I had the pleasure of working as Ali’s manager when he was employed at FactSet as a Software Engineer Intern over the summer. Responsible, punctual and extremely bright, Ali was among the best talent in the 10-week internship program, and I absolutely endorse his qualification and his skill set. I was continuously impressed by his ability to independently address issues and come up with solutions even when they may not be obvious. Ali can prioritise workload with regards to appropriate deadlines and can professionally and effectively communicate through means of written and oral communication, being able to voice ideas and/or concerns without any issues. During his 10-week internship, he successfully completed the tasks of integrating our financial API endpoints with the Slack platform that help us provide data to our clients, thus broadening our offering. Throughout this process he demonstrated a clear ability to understand existing codebase as well as contributing to it flawlessly.
Alexandru Puia
I had the pleasure of working as Ali’s manager when he was employed at FactSet as a Software Engineer Intern over the summer. Responsible, punctual and extremely bright, Ali was among the best talent in the 10-week internship program, and I absolutely endorse his qualification and his skill set. I was continuously impressed by his ability to independently address issues and come up with solutions even when they may not be obvious. Ali can prioritise workload with regards to appropriate deadlines and can professionally and effectively communicate through means of written and oral communication, being able to voice ideas and/or concerns without any issues. During his 10-week internship, he successfully completed the tasks of integrating our financial API endpoints with the Slack platform that help us provide data to our clients, thus broadening our offering. Throughout this process he demonstrated a clear ability to understand existing codebase as well as contributing to it flawlessly.
Alexandru Puia
I had the pleasure of working as Ali’s manager when he was employed at FactSet as a Software Engineer Intern over the summer. Responsible, punctual and extremely bright, Ali was among the best talent in the 10-week internship program, and I absolutely endorse his qualification and his skill set. I was continuously impressed by his ability to independently address issues and come up with solutions even when they may not be obvious. Ali can prioritise workload with regards to appropriate deadlines and can professionally and effectively communicate through means of written and oral communication, being able to voice ideas and/or concerns without any issues. During his 10-week internship, he successfully completed the tasks of integrating our financial API endpoints with the Slack platform that help us provide data to our clients, thus broadening our offering. Throughout this process he demonstrated a clear ability to understand existing codebase as well as contributing to it flawlessly.
Credentials
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Ruby on Rails 6 Essential Training
LinkedInMar, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Technology Internship Experience UK
Bright NetworkJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Professional Skills for a Globalised World
King's College LondonOct, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Palantir Technologies
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Aug 2022 - Present
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King's College London
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Teaching Assistant
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Sep 2020 - Jan 2022
• Taught multiple classes for 4CCS1PPA and 5CCS2SEG every week. • Prepared lessons and attended TA meetings to ensure all the students get the most out of the lessons because what they learn during it is core to their future programming abilities. • Classes mainly revolve around teaching Java, Python/Django and professional programming practices. • Wrote captions for lecture videos, working closely with the module leaders • Taught multiple classes for 4CCS1PPA and 5CCS2SEG every week. • Prepared lessons and attended TA meetings to ensure all the students get the most out of the lessons because what they learn during it is core to their future programming abilities. • Classes mainly revolve around teaching Java, Python/Django and professional programming practices. • Wrote captions for lecture videos, working closely with the module leaders
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FactSet
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineering Intern
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Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
• Extended a finance data summary API to support both Slack and Microsoft Teams, working mainly with TypeScript • Developed a Slack bot/app that consumes the API and allows users to search for companies to get recent events and financial information. Deployed on AWS Lambda using serverless computing • Wrote Swagger documentation following OpenAPI specifications • Used Vue.js to enhance the demo page to include an intuitive UI to customise an API request and preview the result • Completed the internship project ahead of schedule, allowing for work on additional projects beyond the initial scope of the programme • Contributed to an open-source project on GitHub to add utility functions and a REPL demo page Show less
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BlackRock
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineering Spring Intern
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Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
• Learned more about investment management and what is expected of software engineers in a large financial organisation • Presented suggestions for improving the existing pipeline that Portfolio Managers go through to update their funds in response to index reconstitution events. Developed a live demo of my team’s suggestions using React • Worked on various programming challenges, including implementing algorithms for fulfilling orders partially and calculating the value of investments overtime as the constituents of an ETF change • Fast-tracked for the APG 2022 Summer Analyst Program as a result of strong performance Show less
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GCSE and A Level Tutor
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Jan 2016 - 2020
Tutored both in-person and online (through video-calls) in Mathematics, English (GCSE), the Sciences and Computer Science including programming with students attaining amazing results. Tutored both in-person and online (through video-calls) in Mathematics, English (GCSE), the Sciences and Computer Science including programming with students attaining amazing results.
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Foreign Exchange/Transfer Consultant & PC Technician
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Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Bought and sold foreign currencies and facilitated money transfers around the world. Handled customer's personal information. I also assisted customers with computer services. Many customers dealt with the Middle East, where my Arabic skills were useful. Set up computer systems and creating proprietary software to produce a spreadsheet for managing daily expenses. Transferring money and exchanging money with customers. Provided tourists and regular customers with financial services. Bought and sold foreign currencies and facilitated money transfers around the world. Handled customer's personal information. I also assisted customers with computer services. Many customers dealt with the Middle East, where my Arabic skills were useful. Set up computer systems and creating proprietary software to produce a spreadsheet for managing daily expenses. Transferring money and exchanging money with customers. Provided tourists and regular customers with financial services.
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Education
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King's College London
Computer Science, First Class Honours -
Queensmead School
GCSE: 9A*,1A, A-Levels: (Further) Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics (A*AAA)