Derek Sewell
Software Engineer at Balyasny Asset Management L.P.
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Sewell is a software engineer with 12 years of experience, currently working in London and focused on building tooling and infrastructure to support ESG and emissions reduction efforts. He has a strong background in low-latency trading systems and electronic fixed income derivatives developed in C++ and Python, plus experience automating market-driven news generation. Derek has held multiple roles at Bloomberg and now contributes his engineering skills to Balyasny Asset Management, bringing financial domain expertise to climate-focused software solutions. A first-class Computer Science graduate from the University of Lincoln, he combines rigorous engineering discipline with practical product delivery across backend systems and interfaces. Colleagues can expect pragmatic problem-solving and a track record of turning complex regulatory and market requirements into reliable, production-grade systems.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First-class honours, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First-class honours at University of Lincoln
Github Skills (63)
rust-language10
rust-lang10
standard-library10
crate10
compiler10
rust10
allocator9
garbage-collection9
tilesets8
map-editor8
scraper8
java7
extraction7
fltk7
tilemap7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
TheDerek/snake-oil
Dec 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 7 pushes in 1 year 2 months
snakegamecard-gameoil
TheDerek/door-detection
Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:112 commits, 5 pushes, 5 branches in 2 months
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