Alex Chamberlain
Software Engineering Manager at Bloomberg
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlex Chamberlain is a software engineering manager at Bloomberg in London with 14 years of experience building cross-market applications and infrastructure for the Terminal. He leads teams that deliver high-performance, discoverable data products across commodities and macro markets, blending client-facing product work with deep backend engineering. Technically grounded in Python, C++ and JavaScript, he champions wider Python adoption within large-scale, latency-sensitive systems. Alex is also an active open-source contributor to async tooling—having implemented a Promise class in the notable curio library—demonstrating a practical focus on concurrency and reliable synchronization. With an MMath from Warwick and a track record of evolving from engineer to leader, he combines hands-on implementation with coaching and cross-team collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Hills Road Sixth Form CollegeMaster of Mathematics (MMath), Mathematics, Master of Mathematics (MMath), Mathematics at University of Warwick
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
asynchronous10
python10
async10
event-handling9
pytest9
testing9
eventing9
eventsource9
documentation8
compression6
floating-point6
boost6
mount6
zlib6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dabeaz/curio
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017
Good Curio!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 2 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Alex focused on developing a `Promise` class within the `curio` library. They implemented core functionality for the `Promise` class, including methods for setting and getting data, and integrating with `Event` for synchronization. The user also added tests and documentation for the `Promise` class to ensure its functionality and usability. The commits demonstrate a focus on asynchronous programming concepts and integration with the existing `curio` library.
curiopython
bloomberg/python-github-webhook
Jan 2016 - Mar 2020
A framework for writing webhooks for GitHub, in Python.
Contributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 10 pushes in 4 years 1 month
pythonwebhookswebhook
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