Xinyu Z.

About Me

I am a Senior Software Engineer with advanced professional expertise in the development, deployment, analysis, and support of data-centric applications and processes; supporting vendor solutions, new development, and the operations of multiple critical internal systems. I act as a trusted advisor on projects; learning quickly on-the-go, participating in deployments using proper analysis, design, development and testing procedures, recommending best practices and providing alternative solutions.

Frontend

Backend

Database

DevOps

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participate in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Macquarie Bank
Macquarie Bank
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
Sydney, Australia
  • Managed the technical delivery of an enterprise messaging app (SMM) and a cash product trading system (Calypso) to process the bank's multi-billion cash flows transactions.

  • Coordinated the migration of the legacy SMM system with old and outdated infrastructure to a fully automated AWS-based development and deployment environment.

  • Devised and implemented appropriate infrastructure solutions for first REST web service pipeline on Macquarie Bank's traditional client/server architecture on its Calypso system.

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Banking
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Paris, France
  • Implemented critical modules and applied best practices in managing the in-house trading system for securitization products (SIS) and its corresponding reporting system.

  • Facilitated processes to enhance the Excel spreadsheet server on the backend; using data cache implementation which reduced processing time by 30%.

  • Provided operational, technical direction and support to the application manager on the system.

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Java Application Developer
2013 - 2015 (2 years)
Paris, France
  • Implemented established specifications and business requirements for the maintenance of an in-house Foreign Exchange product pricing system (Concerto).

  • Offered technical expertise in multi-tasking between full lifecycle processes and customer support for the maintenance of the C++ interface with the pricing core library from R&D.

  • Actively participated in solution designs for the parallelization of the monte-carlo pricing of a complex product, reducing the pricing time by 80%.

BNP Paribas Securities Services
BNP Paribas Securities Services
Calypso Consultant
2010 - 2013 (3 years)
Paris, France
  • Developed complex software solutions for the maintenance of a Calypso system which deals with securities lending and borrowing products for BPSS.

  • Provided technical solutions for the delivery of the accounting module and handled the onboarding of several other product types onto the system.

  • Identified and drove process improvement opportunities on the system; adding multiple pricing interfaces to communicate with third-party pricing providers.

Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Applications Developer
2007 - 2010 (3 years)
Paris, France
  • Provided technical guidance and oversight for the maintenance of Societe General's evaluation app (Bacardi), a C interface (pricing server) and pricing API from the R&D team.

  • Served as a technical expert for the migration of the standalone C pricing server (deployed under UNIX) to C++; handling its deployment to Platform’s Symphony cluster to improve pricing performance.

  • Acted with a sense of urgency in resolving complex technical issues; providing consistency and approaches to remediate defects and implement enhancements.

Showcase

Developer in Charge - SMM System Modernization
Developer in Charge - SMM System Modernization
  • Modernized an existing 30-year-old Java application.

  • Automated the application's deployment and introduced modern tech stacks.

  • Successfully deployed the modernized solution online with no issues.

Education

Education
MEng. Computer Science
ENST Paris, France
2004 - 2007 (3 years)
Education
BSc. Mathematics
Nanjing University, China
2000 - 2004 (4 years)