Alexander Blake

Software Engineer Intern

Bloomberg LP•  June 2024 - August 2024•  New York City, NY

Built a distributed streaming application to output the price differences of portfolio trades & Bloomberg’s internal valuation. Built 2 Kafka pipes to handle 158K TRACE trades from FINRA & 33M ticks from Bloomberg’s internal pricing source per day. Impact: Improved batch processing from 6 hours to 15 minutes, and implemented stream processing without backpressure. Leveraged Knowledge (Most Used First): Apache Flink, Java, Kafka, C++, & Docker.

Technology Analyst (Software Engineer)

Goldman Sachs•  June 2017 - August 2017•  Salt Lake City, UT

Produced an analysis dashboard for the New York-based derivatives sales team to visualize the securities. The analysis used data from the client’s portfolio, the derivative security, and the firm’s position to provide a holistic view. Impact: The project helped the sales team increase their capture rate by 20%. Leveraged Knowledge (Most Used First): A Proprietary Language, React, JavaScript, & HTML/CSS.

Technology Analyst (Software Engineer)

Goldman Sachs•  June 2016 - August 2016•  Salt Lake City, UT

Created a user interface that automated an undocumented scripting process to review a high-frequency trading engine. The user interface included a reservation system to ensure that only one client used the tool at a time. Impact: Saved the firm approximately $50,000 per year. Leveraged Knowledge (Most Used First): Python, JavaScript, Linux, & HTML/CSS.

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Computer Science, BS•  January 2023 - Present•  GPA: 3.65

Engineering Honor Society: Tau Beta Pi Nevada Beta Chapter Member Coursework: Analysis of Algorithms, Cloud Computing, Data Structures, Operating Systems, & Machine Learning.