Senior Developer Financial Services

Howard (Chaim) Davis

Teaneck, New Jersey – 917-***-**** – *********@*******.***

or Boca Raton, FL

TECHNICAL SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT DATA MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE

Professional Summary

Hands on Senior Developer/ with in-depth knowledge in Fintech

Ability to breakdown complex requirements into simple and scalable solutions

Big picture visionary that can gather requirements, build out Proof of Concepts (POCs) & Prototypes to deliver solid end products.

Good client facing and presentation skills.

www.linkedin.com/in/howard-chaim-davis-3a72782

Industry Experience Technologies

Financial Services – Banking, Mortgages, Equities, Equity Derivatives, Deals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Fixed Income, Commodities and Wealth Management

Languages

C# (WPF, MVVM, TPL, WCF, LINQ, RX), C++, (STL, MFC), Java, HTML

O/S

WIN 11, Linux

Databases

MS-SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Sybase, VectorWise, MySQL, Oracle

NoSql

Redis, MongoDB

Scripting

BASH, CSH, SH, KSH, PERL

Messaging

Kafka, Web Services, RabbitMQ, TIBCO EMS, MQSeries, FIX, WCF

Source Code Control

GIT, SVN, CVS, Perforce

Cloud

AWS, Azure

Knowledge of

Docker, Kubernetes

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, GA (Minors: Computer Design & Spanish)

Member IEEE, Computer Section

Links

https://github.com/hndavis

www.linkedin.com/in/howard-chaim-davis-3a72782

Work Experience

SPGlobal

Role: Senior Developer

Functional Areas: Financial Services (Equities, M&A, Deals)

7/20/2023-4/2025

In the Market Intelligence division, I was part of the development team for company reference data and rebuilt older main module from (C#4.63) to models with dynamic type resolution (C#6.0) using a large domain driven database (MSSQL 19). The main data flow was in a multi-layer Kafka system, and AWS SQS. The system received data from multiple vendors and normalized the data, saving and publishing the new form of reference data. The system was designed to handle a million company updates a day. Dot Core, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes,

DA Solutions -- Independent Consulting 3/2020 - 6/2023

FusionIQ (6/2022 – 5/2023),

Senior Developer for, a Wealth Management provider, was responsible for the analysis, design and implementation of new functionality with an emphasis on moving from ASP 4.62 to ASP

Dot Net core 6 Web API. Additional Technologies involved Entity Framework (Core), Autofac, Auto mapper, SQL

Server, Email (Mail kit), Jet Brains Rider and Docker, Kubernetes. The system is hosted in AWS.

Credit Suisse (6/2021 – 6/2022),

Senior Developer implemented and augmented middle office backend systems to support Front Office Traders. Upgraded systems based on new business need. Performed deep analysis of issues in third tier support and submitted possible remedy (coding or data). Migrated from a legacy system of record to a new current state of art. Optimized Data flow. C#, SQL (SQLServer, Sybase), Tibco, XML, JSON, Jira, Web Services.

Wells Fargo (3/2020 – 6/2021),

As a Senior Developer for implemented trading features on the Trader Desktop (GSF) with focus on tiered discounts for high volume clients. Part of an agile team. Discussed features with application architect, and high-level users, as well as system architect to build compliant and functional components on the trader desktop. Worked with onshore team as well as offshore. WPF, C#, SQL, XML, JSON, Jira, Cache, Web Services, Spring.

Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv New York, NY 11/2015 – 12/2019

Role: Senior Developer, Architect, Director

Functional Areas: Financial Services (Equities, M&A, Deals)

Responsibilities: Architect and develop technology solutions for Financial Domain. Main project was search engine for financial Data. Gather requirements in alignment with long-term strategy packaging into multiple releases introduction of new functionality and features. Develop new functionality and in-depth technical solutions focusing on best practices, root cause analysis and knowledge transfer to support teams. Mentor both development and BAU teams for faster delivery times of new functionality, effective trouble shooting and root cause analysis. Senior Developer/Director who has a zest for building great project with leading edge technology. Architected and developed rate limiting and constant computing service which controlled the flow of messages/processing behind web API. Evaluate AWS technologies and migrated applications to cloud (Redshift, Postgres, MySQL).

Agile, C#, C++, Columnar Databases, Big Data, Vectorwise, Redshift, AWS, XML, PostgreSQL, ASPX, WPF, WinForms, Docker, Kubernetes

DA -- Independent Consulting 2012 – 11/2015

As a lead developer for Phillips Research, (4/2015 – 11/2015) Lead development unit supporting healthcare initiatives. Design and development of prototypes. Develop and enhance LungCadx, Advanced Tomographic Graphic Cancer Detection system. C#, Multi-threading, WPF, MVVM, SQL

As a senior developer for CITI in Securitized Mortgages New York, NY (2/2014 – 4/2015) I explored and assessed opportunities to optimize and improve existing tools and technology. Conduct feasibility studies for data and systems integration (Data Flow). The primary focus was to identify correct data structures, buffering and threading models. Lead design and development of high-performance and scalable low-latency data services. Jira (Agile) C#, Windows Services, Multi-threading, custom messaging (Tibco, RabbitMQ), SVN

As a Senior Developer/ Solution Architect, for Barclays, (2012 – 2/2014) did analysis of existing data ecosystem in fixed income and Rates across multiple GUI applications working with technical teams and authors to make optimizations. Capture requirements and lead development team to enhance new GUI applications. Design and built feed from trade capture to hydrate trade info for System of Record. Collaborate with global data teams to ensure the successful delivery of the TCW platform. Design and build custom local position keeping application. Lead effort to develop and maintain applications for the FICC Rates business. Jira (Agile), C#, WPF, Multi-threading, Winforms, custom messaging, Perforce

RTTT Danbury, CT (Startup) 4/2011 – 1/2012

Role: Technical Development Lead, Senior Systems Developer

Functional Areas: Financial Services: Equities (Algorithmic Trading)

Responsibilities: Optimize and Enhanced Advanced Charting Application. Tech Lead for Order Management System (OMS) connectivity. Create API/Class Library for connectivity to consumer OMS’s. Build robust real-time high-performance libraries. Tools/Systems/Languages(s): C#, WPF, Trading Execution Platforms

DAC -- Independent Consulting 2004 – 4/2011

As Senior Systems Developer at Credit Suisse, (10/2010 – 4/2011) gathered requirements to enhance and build a company strategic Front End Risk GUI for portfolio risk management. Implemented multi-thread handling of custom messages and protocol. Performed release management using Jira. Lead development of custom performance metric tools. Jira (Agile), C#, WPF, Oracle

As Senior Systems Developer at Banco Santander (2009 – 2010), designed and developed real time low latency credit risk management system that controls routing of orders to various exchanges (esp. Brazil). Developed algo trading platform with risk assessment routing for equities orders system Real-time Routing System Interface, etc. CEP, Jira (Agile), C#, ASPX, Oracle 9.0, Coral8, Java, IBM MQ, Fidessa

As Senior Systems Developer at Credit Suisse (2004 – 2009) delivered technical products aligned with leadership’s vision ensuring on time delivery of latest technology solutions. Maintained and enhanced core trade engine (Agora), Real-time high-performance Trade Engine (C++), Extended proprietary TCP communication libraries for Engine. Design and develop dataflow from the trade system to trade master database. Design and Enhance Front Office Core Trading System for the Credit Suisse New York Stock Exchange Department (including dataflow). Maintain and enhance the Rule123 system (trade reporting system). Lead developer for Booth OMS (Order Management System). Design and deliver compliance applications to support real-time data for SEC auditors. Tools/Systems/Languages(s): Sun, Linux, Windows, C++, Sybase, Agora, Messaging, Rogue Wave, STL MFC, FIX QuickFix, Winforms

As Solutions Architect at KPMG (2004), designed and prototyped of Sarbanes Oxley reporting system for auditing compliance. Used UML to document process and user interactions. SQL Server 2000, XML, WinForms, C#, COM+, MS-Project, Vi

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