Summary
Alexander Weinstein is a seasoned database architect and engineering leader with over three decades of experience and 11 years in senior roles designing and migrating complex, global financial database ecosystems. Currently VP and Senior Database Architect at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, he leads physical data modeling and strategic migrations from legacy marts to modern analytic appliances like IBM Sailfish/BLU while driving DR, capacity planning and release management. He pairs deep hands-on skills in Sybase, Oracle, Netezza, Kudu/Impala and automation (Python, shell) with a pragmatic focus on performance tuning, replication and recoverability for market risk and P&L systems. Alexander has a track record of building testing tools (e.g., an in-house workload player) and novel PoCs to evaluate alternative storage for trade vectors, showing his appetite for practical experimentation. He has repeatedly executed large cross-platform migrations (including endian conversions) and trained global teams to provide 24/7 production support, blending engineering rigor with people leadership. Based in New York and grounded in an MS in Electronic Engineering, he’s known for turning high-stakes trading data problems into resilient, auditable data services.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Electronic Engineering, MS, Electronic Engineering at Kiev Politechnic University