Lachlan Conrad

Technical Operations & Analytics | Python • SQL • Systems Optimization

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

About

I use Python to model market risk, backtest trading strategies, and optimize complex systems. ​My background spans energy market intelligence and digital asset trading. I build computational engines to quantify pricing volatility—whether simulating National Electricity Market (NEM) load-shedding or stress-testing digital economies. ​ I also back this up with a solid background in front-line customer service. I don't just look at data screens; I know how to talk to people, translate complex technical ideas clearly, and resolve high-pressure problems directly. ​Core Competencies: ​Quantitative Analytics: Risk modeling, backtesting engines, and time-series forecasting. ​Systems Architecture: Digital twins, Monte Carlo simulations, and flow-state logic. ​Customer Operations: Technical troubleshooting, relationship management, and front-line support. ​Tech Stack: Python (Pandas, NumPy), SQL, and Mathematical Modeling.

Experience

  • Lead Developer | Solar Analytics and System Modelling at Self-employed
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    Built a Python engine to model solar asset performance and energy market volatility. Used Pandas and NumPy to build a backtesting engine for National Electricity Market (NEM) trading strategies. Modeled pricing risk and load-shedding scenarios to optimize capital allocation. Designed data pipelines to ingest real-time energy pricing and simulate process adjustments based on grid demand. Wrote a script to normalize weather-variance data for solar yield forecasting. Reduced model latency and increased forecasting accuracy.

  • Self-employed (1 yr)
    • Gap year
      Jan 2025 - Aug 2025 · 8 mos

      Travelled to China, traded on the side.

    • Quantitative Trader & International Market Researcher
      Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr

      Executed systematic trading strategies across digital assets and equities. Managed capital allocation utilizing rigorous risk-parity frameworks and trade execution logic.

  • Systems Architect & Economic Modeller at EQ Labs
    Mar 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Designed digital economies using Monte Carlo simulations and agent-based modelling. Optimized supply-side incentive structures for system stability under high volatility. Used Machinations.io for flow-based logic modelling.

  • Systems Architect & Economic Modeller at Self-employed
    Aug 2022 - Mar 2023 · 8 mos

    Built computational models using Python and Monte Carlo simulations to simulate resource flows, predict system failure points, and optimize throughput

  • Computational Systems Designer (Digital Twins) at Planet Neo
    Mar 2022 - Sep 2022 · 7 mos

    Architected logic frameworks for digital twin environments and resource allocation mapping. Developed flow-state models to govern digital asset distribution using mass-balance and transient analysis logic. Analyzed high-frequency data to isolate structural bottlenecks and stress-test capacity limits under simulated volatility. Deployed feedback loops to maintain system stability mirroring industrial PID control mechanisms.