Karl Lawson
Vice President at Goldman Sachs
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKarl Lawson is a full-stack software leader with nine years of hands-on experience building production systems at Goldman Sachs, where he progressed from Analyst to Vice President. Based in Dallas, he combines backend and frontend skills honed early at Texas A&M—where he built REST APIs, Java GUIs, AWS integrations, and even VR work in Unreal Engine—with large-scale finance technology delivery. He is effective at translating research-grade prototypes into reliable services and has a track record of shipping interactive web and backend features across the stack. Known for rapid technical progression inside a major investment bank, he brings practical engineering discipline, strong academic grounding in computer science (3.69 GPA), and a developer’s curiosity that spans web, cloud, and immersive technologies.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, 3.69, Computer Science, 3.69 at Texas A&M UniversityHigh School, 6.6 on a 6 point weighted scale, High School, 6.6 on a 6 point weighted scale at Cypress Creek High School
Github Skills (11)
api-documentation6
api5
stock-data5
xapi5
backtesting-trading-strategies4
gpio4
raspberry4
algorithmic-trading4
raspberry-pi3
python3
scale1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
karl16/AltIMU-10
Jan 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
Henrynaut/spacecraft-website
Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:81 pushes in 4 months
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