# Bamlak Terefe

> Software Engineer @ BlackRock | ex-SWE @ JPMorgan, Amazon

Location: London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Profile: https://flows.cv/bamlak

My ambition is to learn more about how general AI can be developed to cater to our needs.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ BlackRock
Jan 2024 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom
Rotatated through the teams:

- Liability Driven Investing (LDI): Full stack development of software to support LDI portfolio managers

- Core Compliance: Backend development on a new Pre-trade Compliance engine

- Private Markets (EFront): Backend development on integrating public and private accounting data

### Software Engineer @ Amazon
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | London, England, United Kingdom
Working in Prime Video Ports team during a 12 week project.

### Software Engineer @ BlackRock
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | London, England, United Kingdom
Collaborated within a 3-person team during an 8-week project, where I:

- Utilized Python and TypeScript to develop Jupyter Lab extension for simplifying data exploration and extraction from Snowflake

- Employed Azure pipelines to test, build and deploy Docker-packaged extension onto Kubernetes

- Wrote comprehensive documentation to ensure smooth hand-over, alongside running multiple live demos to senior stakeholders

### Software Engineer @ J.P. Morgan
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Delivered impactful full-stack contributions to the Post-Trade Team with successful production releases, over a 13-month period.

- Developed React frontend by adding features and integrations with external backend services for storage and authentication support
   > Created both end to end and component only Cypress test cases

- Reduced Kubernetes infestructure costs by 25% through creating RESTful service for automatically scaling deployments based on live metrics
  > Hosted multiple demo session to showcase its capabilities to various teams
   > Documented the architecture, features and onboarding in a clear and concise format
   > Utilised TDD when implementing new features to cater to user requirements

### Teaching and Technical Lead @ Google developers
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Loughborough, England, United Kingdom
- Researched, planned and taught topics such as Flutter to undergraduate students in monthly sessions

- Created learning material and PowerPoints to allow students to continue learning following the sessions

### Intern @ Bright Network
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
- Participated in a range of virtual sessions such as 'Managing Complexity' lead by Google. 

- Created an Agile sprint plan to launch a facial verification feature into a banking app.

### Student Intern @ J.P. Morgan
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom
- Given the opportunity to shadow a mentor in Prime Brokerage. 

- Compiling research and pitching potential J.P. Morgan clients. 

- Gained insider perspective on operations and honed my presentation skills.

Returners Program:

- Attended talks regarding technology and personal development. 

- Collaborated to designing a bank 25 years in the future and presenting this virtually.

### Nuffield Foundation Researcher @ Nuffield Foundation
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Leeds, United Kingdom
Over 4 weeks, I:
- Collaborated with a supervisor to optimised Gaussian RBF to predict the six hump camel function.

- Documented and presented my findings

### The Scholars Programme @ The Brilliant Club
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Leeds, England, United Kingdom
- Given mentorship and 6 tutorials from a PhD student researching particle fluid dynamics. 

- Wrote a report on improving agriculture through the use of robotics; for which I was awarded a 1st.


## Education
### BSc Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Loughborough University

### A Levels in Computer Science
Abbey Grange Academy

### Suttons Summer School in Computer Science
University of Cambridge

### GCSE
Abbey Grange Academy


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bamlak-terefe

---
Source: https://flows.cv/bamlak
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/bamlak/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-05