Stephen Chisholm
Software Engineer Architect at Verisk Extreme Event Solutions
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Chisholm is a software engineer and architect with 13 years of experience building high-performance analytics and cloud-native systems, currently shaping solutions at Verisk Extreme Event Solutions. He blends a strong mathematical background (BSc Honours in Mathematics) and an MCSc with hands-on expertise in C++, Python, Julia, and AWS to deliver scalable reinsurance and HPC analytics platforms. His work spans real-time aggregate pricing servers, RESTful APIs, portfolio optimization (including evolutionary algorithms), and cloud migrations using ECS, Lambda and Terraform. Stephen published research applying genetic algorithms to HDR tone mapping, evidence of a persistent curiosity for combining research-grade algorithms with production software. Comfortable in small expert teams, he pairs technical depth with mentoring experience from teaching assistant roles and a track record of solving complex, computation-heavy problems for underwriting and actuarial users.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MCSc, Computer Science, MCSc, Computer Science at Dalhousie University
Github Skills (97)
programming-language10
python10
api-client10
http-client10
audio-player10
rest-api10
django10
httpie10
devtools10
api10
rest10
meta-tags10
root-finding10
lambda10
science10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
sbchisholm/analyzere-python
Jun 2018 - Nov 2023
Python wrapper for the Analyze Re API.
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 5 years 6 months
apipythonpython-wrapperpython3analyzer
sbchisholm/METADATA.jl
Oct 2015 - Jan 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 4 months
julia-packagesmetadatajulia
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