Alexander Potashnik
Support Engineer - Systematic Trading
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Potashnik is a Support Engineer specializing in systematic trading with nine years of experience building and maintaining Python tooling and production support for sell-side trading desks. Currently at Brevan Howard after four years supporting equity derivatives and OMS systems at RBC Capital Markets, he blends hands-on Windows/UNIX operations with web app development to monitor risk, P&L and order flow. Alexander has a fintech-focused background—Master’s in Finance and a Byte Academy FinTech credential—and a track record of hardening infrastructure via secondary server deployments and automation. He also brings investor instincts from running his own diversified portfolio, applying quantitative and fundamental analysis to identify trading opportunities and inform pragmatic risk controls.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Economics, Bachelor's Degree Economics at Bard CollegeFinancial Technology, Financial Technology at Byte AcademyMaster’s Degree Finance General, Master’s Degree Finance General at Hult International Business School
English, Chinese, Russian
Github Skills (7)
estate6
trading4
python3
django3
yellow3
django-framework3
ethereum3
Github contributions (5)
sashapotash29/re_investor_app
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:28 PRs, 34 pushes, 2 branches in 19 days
programwithus/Kung-Fu-Vipers
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:22 PRs, 20 pushes, 5 branches in 7 days
bitegamemasterfightviper
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