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Richard Quaicoe

Software Engineer

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Work History

I'm a result-oriented Software Engineer (QA testing and backend focused) with years of experience working with Data, SaaS and multi-national financial institutions. Technologies I have worked with include Python (Flask, Django and FastAPI), TypeScript, Bash and JavaScript.

01/2022 - Present

Morgan Stanley

QA/Testing for Low Latency Execution Systems

Testing for Low Latency Execution Systems

Achieved maximum application uptime by setting up a DNS failover recovery system that routinely checks trading application's health and recover disconnected apps.

Increased application's test quality by 90% by optimizing flaky tests using the Testplan framework.

Implemented CI/CD pipelines ensuring zero application downtime.

Proficiently reimplemented 95% of tests for trading engine critical components including Order Books and smart order routers leveraging various communication protocols such as FIX.

Developed log rotation strategies and a remote file-transfer system, improving log management efficiency and reducing retrieval time drastically.

Actively contributing to the Morgan Stanley Testplan open-source project, demonstrating a commitment to industry collaboration and innovation.

Tooling:Python, C++, FIX, Flask, Jenkins, Testplan, Bash, Linux, DevOps.

09/2021 - Present

Turntabl Ghana Limited

Senior Software Engineer (L3)

Building trading applications

Implemented high frequency trading engine with the best tick-to-trade latency under 5 milliseconds on stock products using Java Spring Boot framework.

Supervised a team of five developers, ensuring project success through guidance and feedback.

Engineered a synthetic data generator enhancing data privacy using GAN and HMA ML algorithms with near perfect synthetic data accuracy.

Led my team to the finals of the company's hackathon and got assigned to Morgan Stanley Low Latency Execution Team.

Tooling:Microservices, Python(FastAPI), SQLAlchemy RabbitMq, Machine learning, PostgreSQL, FIX, Java.

08/2020 - 08/2021

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Software Engineer

Building and maintaining Ministry owned applications

Spearheaded the setup of a MySQL database, Redis, ELK stack and RabbitMQ on a Linux server to enable smooth testing and deployment of the POS system.

Led a team of three to build and deploy a real-time monitoring system for agricultural resources using Django REST framework, enhancing resource allocation efficiency.

Built a log parsing web service using Flask which extracted data points from log files. This contributed to easier visualization and monitoring of SMS traffic performance metrics.

Tooling:Python, MySQL, ReactJs, AWS, Docker, ELK

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