Alexander Blake
Software Engineer at Bloomberg
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Blake is a software engineer based in New York with eight years of experience building high-performance financial systems at Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs. He has shipped distributed streaming pipelines and low-latency analytics that processed tens of millions of ticks and hundreds of thousands of trades per day, cutting batch jobs from hours to minutes and enabling real-time valuation comparisons. Proficient in Python, Java, React, and machine learning, he pairs front-end UX work—such as reservation-driven tools for safe, single-client access—with back-end engineering for mission-critical trading workflows. His projects have driven measurable business impact, including a $50K annual saving and a 20% uplift in sales capture for derivatives teams. A strong academic performer with a BS in Computer Science and an AA, he blends rigorous technical foundations with practical, production-focused problem solving. Notably, he has repeatedly translated undocumented manual processes into robust, auditable software used in high-frequency environments.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.69 on a 4.0 scale, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 3.69 on a 4.0 scale at University of Nevada-Las VegasAssociate of Arts - AA, 4.0 on a 4.0 scale, Associate of Arts - AA, 4.0 on a 4.0 scale at College of Southern Nevada
EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CS-472/Get-Ur-Tickets
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:37 reviews, 94 PRs, 117 pushes in 3 months
AlexanderBlake/Get-Ur-Tickets
Aug 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:144 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
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