Johnny Saldana

Software Engineer @ RocketReach

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Software engineer at Rocketreach working on core-data and platform Johns Hopkins double major in Computer Science & Economics

Experience

  • Software Engineer 2 at RocketReach.co
    Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

    Core Data/Platform team developing high-performance backend services, large-scale data ingestion solutions, site performance optimizations, and AI products

  • Founder & President at Johns Hopkins Quantitative Finance Society
    Jun 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    - Co-founded and led a graduate quantitative finance organization; managed 20+ student researchers (including 8 PhD students) under faculty advisor Professor John Miller - Directed development and backtesting of systematic trading strategies, driving end-to-end research from idea generation to performance evaluation - Gave regular presentations to 100+ JHU students; WorldQuant Challenge Semi-Finalist

  • Junior Analyst at Resolve Growth Partners
    Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

    - Built dozens of custom retention models for investment leads - Organized and built CRM system containing thousands of sourced company leads - Worked on ACTO & HelpLightning deals

  • Partner at A-Level Capital
    Feb 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

    A-Level Capital, LLC is a venture capital firm with over $350K in AUM investing in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins.

  • Woodrow Wilson Research Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University
    Mar 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Conducting independent financial economics research under Professor Jonathan H. Wright, sponsored through the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship program.