Adaptable Specialist Developer with a focus on finding the balance between the most effective and maintainable code and timely business delivery. Able to quickly pick up new technologies and application designs and deliver results on time. Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills and eager to dig into unfamiliar software or systems to find solutions to issues. Experienced in working with geographically and culturally diverse teams.
Experience
Bank of New York Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
09/2019 – Present
Specialist Developer
- Developer and maintainer of internal code library used to standardize holiday and resting day data retrieval used in date calculations across Foreign Exchange. Application currently in use by two separate teams supporting different FX products.
- Ported quantitative trading team's X-Value Adjustment model code from Pandas/Numpy Python app to Java/Spring pre-trade checking application.
- Stood up isolated instance of credit checking application to provide dashboard-based insight into BNY Mellon's FX exposure to major financial institutions. Dashboard identified over-exposure to a particular counterparty within its first week of Production usage.
- Worked with business users on multiple occasions to expand credit checks from point-in-time evaluations to performing calculations iteratively across the potential life-time of a trade.
- Coordinate design, development, and testing with geographically dispersed colleagues in the US, Europe, and Asia.
- Communicate and collaborate with business stakeholders to address software issues and design new features and enhancements.
01/2016 – 08/2019
Lead Developer
- Part of team named one of BNY Mellon’s Best in Class for 2018.
- Primary developer on new trade processing system and oversaw upgrade of another that allowed BNY Mellon to meet the European Union’s MiFID II regulation deadline.
- Developed enhancements to same trade processing system and managed decommission of previous system allowing BNY Mellon foreign exchange to move to a new pricing engine, saving the bank several million dollars per year.