David Álvarez Rosa
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That’s me! March 2022.
Mathematician and engineer based in sunny Dublin, passionate
about low-latency, high-performance systems.
Currently working in algorithmic trading at Susquehanna. Previously designed and built systems at Amazon serving 10M+ monthly active customers, developed semantic caching for LLMs at Sopra Steria, and conducted quantitative cybersecurity risk analysis at Deloitte.
Holds a BSc in Mathematics, a BEng in Industrial Engineering, and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence.
Experience §
Software Engineer @ Susquehanna
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Jul 2024–Present
Dublin, Ireland
High-frequency options trading. Low-latency market data and trading
signals. Mentor and interviewer.
Software Engineer II @ Amazon
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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
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Apr 2024–Jul 2024
Remote
Researched, designed, and built a semantic cache for LLMs.
Risk Analyst @ Deloitte
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Sep 2021–Mar 2022
Madrid, Spain
Quantitative analysis of technological and cybersecurity risks for
top-tier banking companies.
Visiting Researcher @ Vector Institute
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Sep 2020–Jun 2021
Toronto, Canada
Research thesis on multimodal learning (recomprehension.com).
Machine Learning Engineer @ BCN eMotorsport
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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
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GPA 9.00/10
Honors in 6 subjects
Official study program focused on AI research and enabling PhD.
MSc in Mathematics
Math-lover part-time student. Dropout (joined Amazon).
Research Thesis
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GPA 10/10 (A+)
Research thesis on multimodal learning at University of Toronto.
BSc in Mathematics
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GPA 8.12/10 (top 10%)
Honors in 9 subjects
Rigorous and proof-oriented degree with a robust mathematical base.
BEng in Industrial Engineering
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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)
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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
Contact §
You can reach me at david@alvarezrosa.com (preferred) or +34 647 13 39 30.