Al Finkelstein
Software Engineer at IMC Trading
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolAl Finkelstein is a seasoned software engineer and manager with 11+ years in modern cloud and data engineering, currently writing trading systems at IMC Trading in Chicago. He has a long track record at IBM leading Python-driven cloud and compliance projects, where he championed CI/CD, test automation, and scalable API design while mentoring teams. His background spans database systems and enterprise integration—earlier roles included managing Oracle/SQL Server environments and delivering production-grade cloudant and OpenWhisk integrations. Comfortable as both an individual contributor and technical lead, he repeatedly turns legacy platforms into maintainable, testable services and has driven open-source client releases and cloud consumption models. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic engineer who combines deep operational experience with a habit of codifying best practices and reducing technical debt.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science at Rutgers University
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Github Skills (51)
kotlin10
json10
harvest10
android-applications10
datastore10
data-storage10
cloudant10
nosql-database10
attestation10
compliance-automation10
devsecops9
couchdb9
java9
python9
security9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ComplianceAsCode/auditree-framework
Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
The Auditree framework tool to run compliance control checks as unit tests.
Contributions:40 releases, 65 reviews, 58 commits in 1 year 8 months
continuous-compliancepythondevopssecurityunit
ComplianceAsCode/auditree-arboretum
Jul 2020 - May 2021
The Auditree common fetchers, checks and harvest reports library.
Contributions:25 releases, 101 reviews, 32 commits in 9 months
reportsendpoint-securitysecurityrisk-assessmentaudit
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