John A.

John A.

John A.

Software Engineer

Experienced programmer with a demonstrated history of working in the software engineering and finance industries. Proficient in Java and Typescript, with large experience in C/C++ and Python. Strong software professional with a Master of Computer Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Experience

CitadelSoftware Engineer

2024 — Now

2024 — Now

New York, New York, United States

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Development Engineer

2022 — 2024

2022 — 2024

Seattle, Washington, United States

Launched a new zonal burn-in test service for EC2 servers using Kotlin, Typescript, and Golang, reducing annual costs by over $600,000

The Grainger College of EngineeringCS 128 Teaching Assistant

2022 — 2022

2022 — 2022

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Lead weekly lab sections and office hours to assist over 800 students with understanding advanced C++ and computer science topics

bpTrading Analyst

2020 — 2022

2020 — 2022

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Developed centralized systematic trading dashboard for housing internal models and trading algorithms in Python

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Dev Engineer

2021 — 2021

2021 — 2021

Seattle, Washington, United States

Created EC2 log stream retrieval tool that parallelized and optimized process over previous iteration by over 500% in Python, Typescript, and SQL

Education

The Grainger College of Engineering

Master of Computer Science - MCS

2021 — 2022

The Grainger College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science - BS

2018 — 2021