David Álvarez Rosa

 ^{1 1} That’s me! March 2022.  Software engineer with experience in low-latency systems, electronic trading, and HFT infrastructure. Currently at Susquehanna. Strong advocate of free (as in freedom) software and devoted Emacs user.

Previously designed and implemented embedded systems at Amazon impacting 10M+ monthly active customers, developed semantic caching for LLMs at Sopra Steria, and conducted quantitative analysis of cybersecurity risks at Deloitte.

Holds a BSc in Mathematics, a BEng in Industrial Engineering, and a MSc in Artificial Intelligence.

Experience §

Software Engineer @ Susquehanna ^{2 2} Jul 2024–Present
Dublin, Ireland 
High-frequency options trading. Low-latency market data and trading signals. Mentor and interviewer.

Software Engineer II @ Amazon ^{3 3} Mar 2022–Aug 2024
Madrid, Spain 
Designed systems for 10M+ monthly active customers. Contributed to 100+ internal repos. Won org hackathon. Promoted in 18 months (top 5%). Mentored 3. On-call. Interviewer.

Machine Learning Engineer @ Sopra Steria ^{4 4} Apr 2024–Jul 2024
Remote 
Researched, designed, and built a semantic cache for LLMs.

Risk Analyst @ Deloitte ^{5 5} Sep 2021–Mar 2022
Madrid, Spain 
Quantitative analysis of technological and cybersecurity risks for top-tier banking companies.

Visiting Researcher @ Vector Institute ^{6 6} Sep 2020–Jun 2021
Toronto, Canada 
Research thesis on multimodal learning (recomprehension.com).

Machine Learning Engineer @ BCN eMotorsport ^{7 7} Sep 2019–Feb 2020
Barcelona, Spain 
Perception at Driverless UPC. I served as LiDAR lead and collaborated on computer vision for a fully autonomous car.

Education §

MSc in Artificial Intelligence ^{8 8} GPA 9.00/10 
Official study program focused on AI research and enabling PhD.

MSc in Mathematics
Math-lover part-time student. Dropout (joined Amazon).

Research Thesis ^{9 9} GPA 10/10 (A+) 
Research thesis on multimodal learning at University of Toronto.

BSc in Mathematics ^{10 10} GPA 8.12/10 (top 10%)
Honors in 9 subjects 
Rigorous and proof-oriented degree with a robust mathematical base.

BEng in Industrial Engineering ^{11 11} GPA 8.03/10 (top 2%)
Honors in 14 subjects 
Multidisciplinary and integrative vision of industrial engineering.

Licenses & certifications §

Certificate in Advanced English (C1) — Cambridge University
Machine Learning — Stanford University
Deep Learning — deeplearning.ai
Blockchain & Financial Technology — Hong Kong University
Nova Talent Member — Nova

Volunteering §

Mathematics Tutor
Academic training for the Mathematical Olympiads.

Volunteer @ Banco de Alimentos
Food collection for people in need.

Honors & awards §

Mathematical Olympiad
Silver in local (Pamplona), honors in national (Barcelona).

Physics Olympiad
Gold in local (Pamplona), silver in national (Seville).

Mobility Scholarship — Cellex (CFIS) ^{12 12} Canceled due to Covid-19 
Scholarship to carry out my research thesis at Toronto (€6k).

Tuition and Housing Scholarship — Cellex (CFIS)
University tuition and housing (€19k).

General Scholarship — Government of Spain
Full university tuition plus an annual stipend (€11k).

Languages §

English — Proficient
Spanish — Native
Catalan — Intermediate