I am Andrei, a software engineer with 18 years of experience in development, leadership and research, father of two from London.
I was born in a small village in Belarus, and I didn't have a computer at home or in class, that's why I was so shocked when I saw them for the first time at University. Shock didn't stop me from the wish to use them, which still lives in my heart and brain.
After graduating from school as the best pupil, I decided to go to the best IT university in the country (actually, there are only two focused on Computer Science). I started my work during the 4th year of education because I needed more than that for my speciality.
My first job was at a company with solid expertise in hardware development for BritishTelecom and Telstra. I’ve got excellent software developer knowledge and communication lessons between our firm and customers. I was working under OnePlan Transport - a network planning system that provides state-of-the-art algorithms in intuitive software to support the swift and practical design of metro network scenarios. It was a place with great developers (many of them already work in Google\Facebook\Microsoft), and it was a pleasure to be taught by them.
The field close for me was finance - the part of the IT world that influences everybody, starting with easy money spending and ending with transparent mortgage rates. That’s why I've decided to grow in another area and choose a firm with deep expertise in the software development area, and it was my goal. I was impressed with the significant number of people, projects and technologies involved, how these technologies change everyday life, and how important they are. I was working on multiple projects in collaboration with Raiffaisen Bank, supposed to cust cost with SWIFT transactions, solve the latency issues they were observing, and deliver new products in a time everybody assumed was difficult. But my teammates and I finished in time.
During the meetups & conferences, I met several people with impressive knowledge of financing. They promoted me to my current company, a leading trading and risk management software solutions provider. It was a challenge to improve, especially in the area I was focusing on, so I accepted their offer and started work as a lead developer under several existing projects with US & EU banks. As a part of onboarding, I was on business trips to USA & UK to visit our partners, and both countries impressed me with the cultural vibe which still lives with me.
One of the most exciting projects I worked on for many years was Risk Platform, an award-winning first-on-market powerful XVA solution for banks and financial institutions. I led the design and implementation of front-office, mid-office and back-office software for strategy, asset and risk management, utilising the best market practices, quantitative algorithms and technical architecture. The product I was leading was awarded multiple times, including but not limited to the famous RiskNET award for the best XVA product.
Another outstanding award of our team is Best Digital Transformation Solutions Provider for the tremendous potential for cloud computing for capital markets in enabling seamless integration of new technologies (such as serverless computing and NoSQL) and paradigms (such as big data and machine learning) into front-office and risk management applications. In the past, the main barrier to cloud adoption was the lack of certainty and industry experience in complying with data protection regulations and internal policies when firms’ data – and, more importantly, their client's data – is not located in their own data centre. Following advances in cloud security and the steps taken by regulators to clarify how capital markets firms can implement regulatory data protection requirements in the cloud, privacy and security are no longer the main obstacles to cloud adoption. Organisations that move their business processes to the cloud will gain a decisive competitive advantage by deploying the new technologies and analytics faster and at a lower cost than competitors that continue to use on-premises data centres. My company, a leading provider of professional services, works with many clients and partners worldwide. It was an honour to be involved and lead the top trading product for US bank, with infrastructure and analytics functionality. The application is the foundation for cross-asset trading user interfaces, real-time intraday pricing tools, execution platforms, and automated trading. Our team created it to handle large amounts of daily trades in different regions, including the London Stocks Exchange and Honk-Kong Exchange.
I've also led the team for the one of financial institutions with 300+ bln USD combined assets under management. The first is a cloud-based end-to-end expense application that can track, calculate, allocate, and pay vendor invoices. It also calculates and pays contractual fees and budget expenses (unitary vs traditional) with varying forecasting methods and creates automated/scheduled and on-demand reporting. We designed and implemented this innovative product to synchronise customer systems with external so that regulators can be sure that this messaging satisfies all the required guidelines and criteria. The next one was the multi-cloud vendor management solution. A government-regulated product with the ability to do oversight reviews, automated workflows and reporting that leverages opportunities for contract consolidation, cost savings and visibility to spend detail by category.