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Experience
Bloomberg LP
2016 - 2021
Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead
New York, New York
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Launchpad Team
  • Full stack senior software engineer and team lead for the Launchpad UI infrastructure team.
  • Saved the company $1 million+ in SLA breaches by fixing the sharktooth outage where client computers would freeze during trading and market hours.
  • Ended the threat of $100,000+ of lost subscriptions by fixing the sticky hotspot bug.
  • Built prototypes and proof of concepts on weekends for future $1 million+ projects.
  • Rearchitected Launchpad into a 21st century desktop environment using TypeScript, JavaScript, C++, Python, SQL, CMake, DPKG and JIRA.
  • Improved EMSX launch speed 10x for APAC clients by migrating it off of legacy C/gob code running on Sun and IBM servers onto a hybrid Linux and client side architecture.
  • Increased IB Messenger’s reliability for 100,000+ daily users by reducing it’s server side dependencies through cross team pull requests in spare time.
  • Reduced outage recovery time by creating a launchpad investigation tool in JACK<GO>.
  • Fixed the final bug to migrate SSBL and shutdown legacy infrastructure years overdue.
  • “Sam your unit tests saved me from so many bugs” - Alex
  • Created project plans and ran sprints in JIRA working with product and engineering teams to scope, prioritize, plan and execute on deliverables.
  • Built actionable growth plans for team members and worked with them to hit their goals.
Machine Learning Team
  • Developed a python backtesting platform library for financial trading strategies
  • Developed machine learning models investigating the value of Bloomberg News data
AI Researcher
2021 - Present
Building products at the intersection of neural networks, brain inspired visual understanding and AI augmented user interfaces
  • Built an AI augmented User Interface for construction plan analysis using PyTorch, Typescript, React, NextJS, TailwindCSS, Supabase and AWS lambda
  • Datamined pdfs using Python, Pytorch, Vision Transformers, CLIP and RAG to count windows, doors, lights, fixtures and calculate square footage for contractors, subcontractors & electricians.
  • Built a robot GUI using Python, Tkinter and ROS for Cushybots Corporation integrating a Gazebo robot simulation environment with arm movement and object manipulation.
  • 3D printed a physical robotic hand leveraging computer vision for hand tracking
  • Submitted an open source pull request to AWS Lambda allowing options requests in testing github.com/aws/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator/pull/84
  • Datamined pdfs, bank statements, election records and built geospatial UI’s to help promote democracy and accountability in government in Cambodia using Typescript, LeafletJS, Sveltekit, TailwindCSS, Supabase and Cloudflare
  • Investigated non-gradient methods for decision making
  • Filed a provisional patent for a new audio frequency transform
  • Built a framework for an AI agent to browse, listen, type and click in a web browser or desktop environment.
  • Built the ability for the AI agent to learn and imitate a user or dataset
OneLook Thesaurus
2022 - 2023
iOS Developer (Contractor)
Fairfield, CT

OneLook Thesaurus for iOS and macOS

OneLook Thesaurus

for iOS and macOS

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  • Built the OneLook Theaurus iOS and macOS app with over 8,000 downloads and over 600 active paid subscribers
  • Features AI powered free text queries, voice search and a keyboard extension
  • Used SwiftUI, Core Data and StoreKit 2
Susquehanna International Group
Summer 2015
Software Engineering Intern
Philidelphia, PA
  • Implemented Elasticsearch as a search engine for market and derived data
  • Wrote multiprocessed Python programs indexing 500GB daily and improved indexing 5-10x
  • Developed a user interface using Flask, Javascript and Bootstrap featuring autocomplete and data visualization
  • Wrote a custom query language parsing Python, C++ and English like syntax into Elasticsearch’s query language
  • Designed performance tests of Elasticsearch vs. parallel IPython on a distributed cluster
Lockheed Martin
Summer 2014
Software Engineering Intern
Burlington, MA
  • Designed and developed user interface features for the F-15 Virtual Maintenance Trainer’s instructor tool using C#, .NET(WPF) and MVVM. Process included mockups, design presentations and reviews
  • Improved application performance 20x for database and GUI refresh operations
  • Worked on an Agile team of 14 members and participated in daily standups
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Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Class of 2015
Bachelors of Science, Computer and Systems Engineering
3.99/4.0 GPA
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • 4.0 Award (2013, 2014)
  • Member of founding team of Submitty (Homework Server)
  • Member of Rensselaer Center for Open Source
Projects
Enjoy CRM
2023
Software Engineer
  • Built a Khmer CRM for our church using Typescript, Sveltekit and Supabase using Telegram as the login identifier as most people in Cambodia do not have email addresses
  • Features web (graphical) and text messaging (chat bot) user interfaces
  • Built rostering software for church volunteers
  • Used Typescript, Sveltekit, Supabase and AWS Lambda
GatherBadger
2022
Software Engineer
  • Built a gift giving search engine using TypeScript, React, Supabase and TailwindCSS
Life
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