Oliver Schmid

Senior Software Developer at Currenex/State Street

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About

Experienced full stack Software Developer working in forex trading and financial services. Skilled in Java, web development, and Linux. Strong engineering professional with a B.Sc. in Cognitive Systems from The University of British Columbia.

Experience

  • State Street (13 yrs 11 mos)
    • Senior Software Developer
      Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Software Developer
      Sep 2012 - Nov 2022 · 10 yrs 3 mos

      • Led development of a Single-Sign-On project to allow external vendors to seamlessly connect their users to the Currenex forex webtrader application • Integrated Duo 2FA via LDAP into the authentication process of 2 internal admin apps • Developed a web frontend for visual analysis of forex market abuse using Elm, Plotly, and Python • Developed a web-based account management tool for a forex trading platform in Angular and Java

  • Software Developer (Co-op) at State Street
    May 2011 - Dec 2011 · 8 mos

    • Developed an account management tool for a Forex trading platform in Java

  • Bartender at The Pumphouse Pub
    Jul 2008 - Apr 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Encouraged customer loyalty with prompt service and courtesy • Poured drinks, opened bottles, mixed cocktails, and shots • Handled cash, credit, debit, and lotto transactions; restocking, opening, and locking up

  • Software Developer (Co-op) at Metalogix Software
    Jan 2010 - Aug 2010 · 8 mos

    • Developed tools for Content Management Systems data migration (from websites, file shares, Oracle Stellent, and LiveLink to Microsoft SharePoint) in Visual C# • Designed user interface elements (layouts, task flows, and graphical elements)