Alistair Holland
Software Engineer at BlackRock
ETF & Index Investments Research & Analytics
Core backend developer using microservices and Apache Kafka to to provide a realtime ETF trading analytics platform.
Delivered a new accounting system, composed of resilient, scalable microservices. Experienced the challenges that service-oriented architectures pose and learnt how to properly design and implement RESTful APIs.
Transformed end-of-day payment processing and reconciliation into a realtime, intraday operation. Gained experience working on critical systems and learnt about various messaging technologies.
Core full-stack developer in one of the first teams to bring distributed ledger technology to the firm. Delivered a modern payments platform prototype, using ethereum as the underlying blockchain.
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