Software Engineer

• Oct 2022 - Present

Postgraduate Student

• Sep 2021 - Sep 2022

MSc FinTech with Data Science - Distinction - 76% average. I had a fantastic year in Bristol in which I immersed myself in an exciting world of technology and finance. During the year I significantly improved my software and data skills, achieved a grade I am proud of, and built an incredible network. On top of this, I nurtured a hunger for entrepreneurship and innovation, and I’ve come away feeling ambitious and optimistic about the future. I’d like to highlight two projects: my thesis, in which I statistically analysed transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain; and group project, in which we built a decentralised app for creating and investing in blockchain-based index funds. In my thesis, I started by constructing a graph - or network - of all the historical Bitcoin transactions (which can be seen publicly on the blockchain). The goal was then to analyse the graph to identify correlations between properties of the graph and the price of Bitcoin. This involved a significant amount of data engineering followed by rigorous statistical analysis. In the group project we built a decentralised app - called Folio - for investing in indices of cryptocurrencies. The backend comprises a set of smart contracts which we deployed on the Ethereum blockchain, and the front end (written in React) is hosted on AWS. It was an eye opening experience which required a lot of teamwork and the ability to learn and apply new technologies rapidly. We presented our product at a Fintech West conference where we won an award for the strongest group project. FinTech subjects include: crypto and blockchain, digital markets and automated trading, machine learning in finance, time series analysis. Data Science subjects include: statistics, data engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing. Technologies: Python, Solidity, React, Scala, R, Spark, SQL, AWS

Python Engineer

• May 2022 - Jun 2022

Intern at early stage startup Stratiphy. Developed software to bring automated trading signals and strategies to retail investors. Contributions: - Built REST APIs using Python/Django - Containerised these APIs using Docker - Architected and deployed containerised APIs to AWS - Usability testing - Integrated market data Technologies: Python, Django, Docker, AWS Intern at early stage startup Stratiphy. Developed software to bring automated trading signals and strategies to retail investors. Contributions: - Built REST APIs using Python/Django - Containerised these APIs using Docker - Architected and deployed containerised APIs to AWS - Usability testing - Integrated market data Technologies: Python, Django, Docker, AWS

Software Engineer

• Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

Full stack engineer in Corporate Finance Technology, focusing on app development and DevOps/Cloud migrations. Key contributions:- Java development for new features/maintenance/refactors- Containerised critical application and deployed to cloud using Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift- Established CI/CD pipeline to build, test and deploy the containerised application using JenkinsTechnologies: Java, React, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP (Google Cloud Platform), Jenkins, Redhat OpenshiftMethodologies: Agile, TDD

Technology Graduate

• Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

Rotation 1 - Investment Bank Technology, Java developer.Built a system for streaming equity transactions to the regulators in real time.Technologies: Java, Kafka, SQLMethodologies: Agile, BDDRotation 2 - Corporate Bank Technology, Salesforce/DevOps engineerBuilt out a service portal for the bank’s corporate clients. Involved in a lot of DevOps work. Technologies: Salesforce, Apex, Shell scripting, TeamCity

Summer Intern - Technology

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

Chief Data Office, Intern. Helped to ensure data flows across the bank were of high quality. Applied design thinking to reshape an application user interface. Built a sentiment analysis tool for FTSE 100 companies. Chief Data Office, Intern. Helped to ensure data flows across the bank were of high quality. Applied design thinking to reshape an application user interface. Built a sentiment analysis tool for FTSE 100 companies.

Football Systems Operator

• Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

Industrial placement in the Football department, Junior Systems Operator. Set up and operated Hawkeye software at Premier, Europa and Champions League stadiums. Involved in a variety of projects including the trialling of VAR (video assisted refereeing), and the testing of self-panning (unmanned) camera’s. Mainly focused on goal line technology and performance/medical analyst systems. It was an exciting year! Industrial placement in the Football department, Junior Systems Operator. Set up and operated Hawkeye software at Premier, Europa and Champions League stadiums. Involved in a variety of projects including the trialling of VAR (video assisted refereeing), and the testing of self-panning (unmanned) camera’s. Mainly focused on goal line technology and performance/medical analyst systems. It was an exciting year!

Bar Staff

• Jun 2014 - Sep 2015