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
- Enhanced AI-powered chat bot from PoC to Production grade allowing Foreign Exchange traders to automatically query credit status using natural language. Bot relieves credit/risk officers of handling queries manually.
- Maintainer of internal code library used to retrieve holiday and rest day data for date calculations across FX. Library 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 for inclusion in pre-trade evaluation system.
- Stood up an isolated instance of credit checking application to provide dashboard-based insight into BNYM's FX exposure to major financial institutions. Dashboard identified over-exposure to a particular counterparty within its first week of Production usage.
- Expanded multiple credit checks from point-in-time evaluations to calculations performed iteratively across the potential trade life-time.
- 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 BNYM to meet the EU’s MiFID II regulation deadline.
- Further developed the same system allowing BNY FX to move to a new pricing engine, saving the bank several million dollars per year.