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• Senior Software Engineer, 

  Mar, 2019 - Oct, 20256 years 8 months

  Senior backend engineer working on a large, regulated financial platform used at market-leading scale across multiple geographies. Acted as a technical leader within a 10-person team, collaborating closely with multiple dependent teams. Focused on legacy modernization, contract clarity, system correctness, and developer productivity.

  • Introduced and enforced a contract-first development approach, significantly reducing ambiguity across internal and external APIs.

  • Extended an in-house domain-specific language with a SQL backend, broadening ORM support and lowering the entry barrier for developers.

  • Formalized Swagger/OpenAPI-based integration testing, removing approximately 10% of low-value tests and substantially improving test stability and confidence.

  • Regularly mentored engineers and facilitated internal technical education sessions focused on functional design principles and correctness.

• Senior Software Developer, 

  Apr, 2018 - Feb, 201910 months

  Backend-focused engineer contributing to the integration of a new enterprise Document Management System, replacing a legacy platform within a complex corporate infrastructure. Emphasis on system integration, reliability, and controlled migration.

  • Designed and implemented integration components between the new DMS and existing enterprise systems.

  • Contributed to de-risking the DMS migration through incremental integration and validation strategies.

• Senior Software Developer, 

  Oct, 2017 - Apr, 20186 months

  Senior backend developer maintaining and evolving business-critical gas and energy trading systems. Focused on stability, correctness, and gradual reduction of technical debt in a high-risk trading environment.

  • Delivered new trading features aligned with evolving business requirements while maintaining system stability.

  • Reduced technical debt and improved code quality through systematic refactoring and static analysis.

  • Improved testability and reliability of services integrated with industry-standard platforms such as Xoserve Gemini and OpenLink Endur.

• Software Developer, 

  Sep, 2015 - Oct, 20172 years 1 month

  Backend and integration-focused developer working on a client-facing online FX trading platform. Actively involved in system integration, automation, and production reliability improvements.

  • Integrated the online trading platform with Barclays FX using FIX 4.2, reducing order execution latency from minutes to milliseconds.

  • Automated reconciliation processes using SWIFT data, reducing hours of manual work to seconds with high accuracy.

  • Designed and introduced a CI solution, significantly reducing production risk and deployment overhead.

  • Contributed to data migration from a bespoke CRM to Microsoft Dynamics, improving data quality and operational efficiency.

• Senior .NET Software Developer, 

  May, 2014 - Sep, 20151 year 4 months

  Senior developer contributing across backend, desktop, and web components of an enterprise financial platform. Strong focus on architecture, modularity, and testability.

  • Contributed to the architecture and development of a modular enterprise platform integrating multiple internal products.

  • Maintained high automated test coverage and promoted coding standards across the team.

  • Worked closely with QA to improve system reliability and release confidence.

• Senior .NET Software Developer, 

  May, 2011 - May, 20143 years

  Senior engineer in an R&D unit, responsible for architecture, backend services, and exploratory technical work. Actively researched and applied specification- and test-driven development approaches.

  • Designed backend architectures and APIs for enterprise pricing and catalog systems.

  • Researched and introduced BDD practices using SpecFlow within existing projects.

  • Led architectural design for web-based versions of established desktop products.

• Senior .NET Software Developer, 

  Jul, 2010 - May, 201110 months

  Senior developer responsible for modernization of broadcasting software and development infrastructure.

  • Introduced automated build and deployment pipelines, reducing release cycles from days to hours.

• Senior Software Engineer, 

  Mar, 2009 - May, 20101 year 2 months

  Designed and implemented a scalable, low-latency enterprise messaging infrastructure for a business-critical analytics platform.

  • Built a highly available enterprise message bus enabling reliable communication between distributed branches and central systems.

  • Delivered analytical reporting solutions that significantly improved analyst productivity and insight quality.

• Software Engineer / Senior Engineer, 

  Jul, 1995 - Feb, 200913 years 8 months

  Early career spanning banking, trading, analytics, government, and enterprise systems. Worked across the full software lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on backend systems, databases, and analytical platforms.

  • Designed and implemented backend systems for banking, trading, and analytical applications.

  • Built data-intensive systems used in both commercial and governmental environments.

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