Senior Software Developer
2018 - 2018Loopio- Built new features in React and refactored legacy jQuery code into React.
- Built new API endpoints in PHP CodeIgniter with unit tests and integration tests.
- Refactored critical background jobs to improve performance and reduce average request time.
- Installed ESLint with AirBnB rules into large existing React code base.
- Mentored and supported junior developers and interns.
Technologies: jQuery, ESLint, PHP, ReactSenior Software Developer
2016 - 2018Onist Technologies- Served as the technical leader of a scrum team and was responsible for offshore and local team members.
- Built features in Meteor starting in version 1.2. Migrated the code base up to Meteor version 1.6 and rebuilt the client in React.
- Integrated with Yodlee API and Quovo API to aggregate user financial data.
- Developed e2e-tests using Cucumber framework and unit tests with Jest and Mocha.
- Used Redux, redux-observable, and rxjs with React.
- Migrated the back end to a scalable architecture with Serverless, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and CodeBuild.
Technologies: Redux, Mocha, Jest, Cucumber, Yodlee API Interface, MongoDB, Meteor, Serverless, AWS Lambda, Node.js, ReactSenior Software Developer
2016 - 2016Audienceview- Migrated AudienceView's legacy .NET application to Angular2/Node stack.
- Wrote tests using Robot Framework and mocha with greater than 90% test coverage.
Technologies: Material Design, TypeScript, Robot Framework, Node.js, Angular, ECMAScript (ES6)Software Developer
2014 - 2016Baymount- Developed software in Python to process data, handicap horses, create bets, and submit bets.
- Created extensive unit test suite with greater than 90% coverage.
- Built a reporting UI to view current bets, historical bets and monthly reporting.
Technologies: MySQL, jQuery, PythonSoftware Developer
2014 - 2016realmoneymania.com- Built several casino-type games using html5 canvas. A game engine was created using an event driven architecture.
- Enabled realtime video and chat using Websockets and Socket.io.
Technologies: MySQL, Node.js, AngularSoftware Developer
2014 - 2014Varagesale.com- Built UI components with Ruby on Rails and Backbone.js. Wrote unit tests and e2e tests.
- On-boarded users and migrated existing user data from Facebook Groups.
Technologies: Capistrano, MySQL, Backbone.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyFounder
2012 - 2014goladle.com- Founded goladle.com to aggregate real-time information about restaurants using social media.
- Utilized Selenium to crawl the web to find restaurants, reviews and twitter accounts.
- Integrated Twitter API to aggregate tweets and pictures from restaurants and users.
- Used jQuery and PHP to build robust UI and API.
- Processed, sorted, and classified millions of tweets every week.
Technologies: HAProxy, Selenium, MySQL, jQuery, PHP
Alex Hustler
Software Developer in Toronto, ON, Canada
Member since May 14, 2018
Alex is a software developer in Toronto, Canada. He works professionally in JavaScript, Node, and React and has worked for several startups in the Toronto over the last decade. Alex also enjoys learning about finance, macroeconomics, robotics, and machine learning.
Alex is now available for hire
Portfolio
- LoopiojQuery, ESLint, PHP, React
- Onist TechnologiesRedux, Mocha, Jest, Cucumber, Yodlee API Interface, MongoDB, Meteor...
- AudienceviewMaterial Design, TypeScript, Robot Framework, Node.js, Angular, ECMAScript (ES6)
Experience
- AWS EC2 5 years
- Node.js 5 years
- Functional Programming 3 years
- MongoDB 3 years
- React 2 years
- Meteor 2 years
- TypeScript 2 years
- AWS Lambda 1 year
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
VS Code, Command-line Interface (CLI), Ubuntu
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was using Karmarkar's algorithm to search for arbitrage opportunities in US equity options.
Employment
Experience
- M.Sc Project: Genetic Algorithms in Finance
For my M.Sc project, I applied genetic algorithms to find high-frequency trading strategies in US equities. This project was completed using C++. It involved building and training models and statistically analyzing the results. This project also included a literature review.
- Linear Programming in US Equity Options
This was a personal project to use linear programming and Karmarkar's algorithm to find arbitrage opportunities in US equity options. This project used C++ and the Interactive Brokers API.
- Parallel computing and GPUs in Financial Modelling
During my M.Sc degree, I completed a literature review project to find the latest papers written about parallel computing applied to financial modeling. This involved topics such as options pricing, Monte Carlo Methods, and risk analysis.
Skills
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, ECMAScript (ES6), Ruby, Python, Python 3, PHPFrameworks
Jest, Serverless Framework, AngularJS, Redux, Robot Framework, Ruby on Rails (RoR), JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Selenium, Angular, Express.jsLibraries/APIs
React, Node.js, Stripe API, RxJS, Backbone.js, jQuery, Interactive Brokers API, Yodlee API InterfacePlatforms
AWS EC2, Meteor, AWS Lambda, Unix, Ubuntu, Heroku, MacOS, DockerStorage
MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, AWS S3Other
Fintech, Command-line Interface (CLI), Serverless, Material Design, HAProxy, ESLint, AWS API GatewayTools
MongoDB Atlas, Mocha, Cucumber, AWS ELB, VS Code, Capistrano, AWS CodeBuild, Babel, Git, AWS Push Notification Service (AWS SNS)Paradigms
Functional Programming, Event-driven Architecture, Agile Software Development
Education
- Master of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics2010 - 2011University of Western Ontario - Ontario, Canada
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics2006 - 2010University of Guelph - Ontario, Canada
