Employment History

Senior Software Engineer, Bloomberg L.P., New York, USA May 2014–Present

UI Infrastructure May 2014–Present

I am currently working as part of the UI Infrastructure team. We are responsible for building the platform and toolkit used by thousands of other developers at Bloomberg to write customer-facing applications. We own the server-side and client-side execution environments, along with a custom UI toolkit that facilitates rapid financial application development. We design and implement high performance UI systems, primarily in C++ and JavaScript, that integrate efficiently with real-time data and have user-friendly APIs. We are responsible for implementing programmer-facing tools and deployment mechanisms for debugging, profiling, and releasing applications.

Senior Software Engineer, Bloomberg L.P., London, UK September 2008–May 2014

Real-Time Applications February 2012–May 2014

As part of an 8-person team, I was responsible for building worksheet components to display market data monitoring in real time. These worksheets are considered essential by the majority of our terminal subscribers who use them as the core of personalized work flows. Such work flows are made possible by the worksheets’ ability to integrate and communicate with numerous other components that make up The Bloomberg Professional Service.

As the owners of a flagship product the team is integral in maintaining Bloomberg’s competitive edge, and are heavily involved in realizing the future vision of the Bloomberg Professional Service. Day to day tasks involved the specification, design, development, and integration of new features, working on projects to add or improve integration with other components and functional areas, plus the maintenance of the existing offering. I worked closely with our business development representatives to identify and develop opportunities—including visiting clients to observe and advise—and also with our customer support desk to diagnose and solve issues.

FX/Commodity Derivatives November 2008–February 2012

Working in a sub-team of 4 developers, as part of the larger 25-strong derivatives team in London, I was responsible for the pricing and market data side of Bloomberg’s FX Option valuation screen. During my three-and-a-half years, I worked on a variety of projects, including: UI design and implementation; integrating new pricing models, written by the NY-based quant team; introducing new option strategies into the system; SQL query optimization; redesigning the pricing and market data frameworks to be more scalable; performance improvements.

Financial Software Developer Training September 2008–November 2008

8-week training course on C, C++, JavaScript, and proprietary Bloomberg technologies.

Software Engineer, HGL Dynamics, Godalming, UK January 2008–September 2008

Working in a team of 7 other developers, I was responsible for the development of analysis software for the Aerospace Testing industry. The applications were based on a client-server design, utilizing object-oriented paradigms. I developed a number of base components for re-use in later projects.

Skills

Advanced C++ knowledge, including the Standard Library, and parts of Boost
Multiple platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Debian Linux, Mac OS X
Multiple toolkits, including GCC, XL C++, Sun Studio, Borland C++ Builder, Microsoft Visual C++
Object-oriented, client-server applications
Multi-threaded applications
Full development life-cycle involvement
Advanced JavaScript knowledge
Working knowledge of embedding JavaScript engines
Working knowledge of writing bindings to native C, C++ code
Source control, Git, SVN
Bash scripting, C, Lua, SQL

Education

University of Warwick, UK 2004–2007

BSc (Hons) in Physics, 2:2

Penglais Comprehensive School, Aberystwyth, UK 2002–2004

3 A-Levels

Chemistry (B)
Mathematics (A)
Physics (A)

1 AS-Level

Computing (A)

Penglais Comprehensive School, Aberystwyth, UK 2000–2002

11 GCSEs (4A*, 5A, 2B) including:

English (A)
Mathematics (A*)