# Hamdan Ahmed > Software Engineer at Apex Fintech Solutions Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/hamdan * Dynamic technology leader and hands-on engineer with extensive expertise in fintech, health tech, and research, consistently driving innovation and delivering scalable, high-impact solutions across both startups and larger organizations. * Proven track record of architecting and delivering multi-tenant trading platforms and secure infrastructures for D2C and B2B clients, enabling new business verticals and expanding market opportunities. * Led the development of an adaptable, scalable onboarding system for D2C and B2B users, seamlessly supporting multiple account types and enhancing customer acquisition, retention, and operational efficiency. * Spearheaded initiatives including SOC-2 Type 2 compliance, creating encryption frameworks securing all company data, and building critical systems that bolster security and operational resilience. * Architected robust cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, transforming platform scalability, reducing deployment times, and improving system reliability for sustained success. * Passionate about continuous learning, cloud engineering, and platform security, with a strong focus on fostering collaboration and driving innovation within high-performing teams. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Apex Fintech Solutions Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States ### Staff Software Engineer @ FinTron Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 ### Senior Software Engineer @ FinTron Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | New York City Metropolitan Area As a hands-on engineer, I’ve had the opportunity to contribute to the development of scalable systems, enhance cloud and DevOps practices, and lead key projects that have supported the company’s growth and expansion into new markets. My work has spanned software architecture, backend development, security, and infrastructure, all of which have played a role in shaping FinTron’s evolution in the fintech space. * Implemented a high-performance, event-driven, multi-tenant architecture that enabled scalable trading capabilities, opening new business verticals and expanding market opportunities. * Led the development of a secure, scalable onboarding system adaptable for multiple account types, ensuring flexibility to support future growth and evolving business needs. * Built a robust encryption framework now used to secure all data at FinTron and established security standards that significantly enhance data protection and ensure regulatory compliance. * Led the design and development of the Market Hours system, a core component now used by all Trading, Transfer, and Accounting systems at FinTron, ensuring seamless and accurate operations across critical financial functions. * Directed the SOC-2 compliance program, preparing systems and teams for audits, securing key financial partnerships, and maintaining zero critical findings. * Created a comprehensive disaster recovery plan to ensure business continuity and minimal downtime during critical incidents, reinforcing client trust. * Designed a monitoring strategy that enhanced system reliability, visibility, and response times, leading to more proactive issue resolution. * Led integrations with key vendors to optimize system monitoring and security, enhancing platform stability and operational efficiency. * Made strategic architectural decisions to balance growth, performance, and cost-efficiency, enabling FinTron to scale rapidly while maintaining service reliability. ### Full Stack Engineer @ FinTron Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 As one of FinTron's founding engineers, I led the technical transformation efforts in backend development, cloud architecture, and DevOps, enabling the company to scale effectively from a small startup. * Transformed Backend Architecture: Shifted from a monolithic system to microservices, increasing throughput by 85% and enhancing scalability. * Improved System Performance: Optimized request handling, boosting throughput by 500% and reducing latency. * Architected Cloud Infrastructure: Built scalable cloud environments and CI/CD pipelines, accelerating deployments and ensuring reliability. * Led DevOps and Security Initiatives: Launched automated processes to enhance security and infrastructure resilience. * Defined Engineering Standards: Established core development practices to ensure scalable and high-quality solutions. ### Software Engineer @ Cerner Corporation Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 • Created a scrum tool in Java (Spring) and React.JS • Optimized the UX by allowing the users to search stories based on unique identifiers through adding new REST endpoints • Developed an entire feature (Spring + React) to authenticate users and allow them to create or join BRP sessions • Wrote automated unit and integration test suits using Junit, Jest, and Mockito. Increased code coverage to 96% • Contributed to all levels of the stack and develop features in Dataflex and C# for client-facing Behavioral Health solutions • Created UI and API for Client Demographics feature to allow the users to view all the patient-related info in one place. Reduced the number of clicks to get the all the information from 5 clicks to 1 click. • Wrote optimized Oracle/SQL queries and stored procedures to perform CRUD operations on multiple tables • Contributed to complete SDLC and work cross-functionally with PMs, QAs, and other engineers across 3 teams in different time zones (EST, CST, PST) ### Software Developer @ National Science Foundation (NSF) Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 • Developing a low-latency program to allow scientists to estimate the relation between 10,000+ gene trees • Decrease the program’s runtime by 99.5% through developing a mathematical formula and an estimation algorithm • Write high-quality, well-tested and scalable code for open-source purposes by integrating coding principles • Perform 100+ tests on large datasets and used distributed networking to speed up the process • Successfully delivered a weekly working copy by following the Unit Testing and Agile models. • Present at conferences around the nation and refine the program according to the feedback received • Inspect the accuracy, runtime and space complexity of the program to improve the software ### Software Developer @ City of Geneva, NY Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 • Streamlined the processes and saved the City Manager 2+ hours/day by developing a dashboard in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (React) to evaluate the city’s budgets/finances in real time ### Teaching Fellow @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY • Diagnose and debug 1000+ Java projects and teach 200+ students the fundamentals of Java and Eclipse • Rewrite Java programs with students in order to optimize memory utilization, and improve methods, functions and class structures. Identify different learning styles and efficiently communicate ideas/concepts to 20+ students at the same time ### Operation and Technical Support Intern/Technician @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY • Accelerate tasks by writing Bash scripts to remotely erase unused customer accounts from 60+ computers instantly • Create 25+ knowledgebase articles on Team Dynamix by translating the technicalities of troubleshooting different issues to straightforward instructions thus reducing the traffic flow to the Help Desk • Rapidly diagnose and resolve 20+ issues on average daily, as well as, offered systems support to HWS community • Analyze client’s needs and decompose high-level requirements to simple tasks for senior technicians • Assisted Network and Infrastructure team in successfully installing the new WLAN and Voicemail system on campus ### Founder and President at South Asian Student Association @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY •Founded SASA to give representation to South Asian students on campus •Arranged the first Diwali event on campus to share the Indian culture with the HWS and Geneva community •Worked with other Co-President and several different offices on campus to bring Halal meat in the main dining hall and start Friday prayer for Muslims students •Raised funds for the club through events like Henna night and Indian dance lessons to support the club’s mission to spread awareness of South Asian culture in the HWS community ### Civic Leader for HWS Responds @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY •Work with the Office of Community Engagement to arrange trips for students to volunteer at during Spring Break •Contacted and working with trip sites to ensure all the resources are available to students once they reach the sites •Advertise the program and recruit volunteers through social media, posters, events and informational meetings •Raised funds for the program through student governments thus decreasing the price of per trip per student from approximately $170 to $130, hence, making trips affordable for a larger student population ### President at International Student Association @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY •Arrange annual executive board elections to select a team of students who would be able to efficiently implement the club policies, brainstorm and plan events, and carry out tasks as needed •Supervise the board and club meetings while clearly defining the tasks and expectations as well ensuring opinions and suggestions of all the members are heard •Work with the treasurer to budget approximately $5000 - $6000 per semester while ensuring all the events are arranged within the assigned budget •Host several different events (such as Annual Multi-Cultural Dinner, Greek Night), with the help of the executive board, to share the culture of different countries on campus •Ensure that the club is fulfilling its mission and getting closer to accomplishing its vision by receiving feedback from the members and reviewing the club’s semester progress ### Residential Assistant @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY • Serve as a frontline contact for 20+ residents to provide assistance, mentorship, and guidance • Ensure that the residents get the best housing experience possible through arranging different cost-effective floor programs and responding efficiently to the residents’ needs. • Work with the residential assistant team and different offices to get the residents involved on campus and Geneva community. • Communicate efficiently with Residential Education and Campus Safety to ensure the safety of the residents of the whole Mini-Quad. ### Career Assistant @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Geneva, NY • Assist 500+ students in successfully landing interviews by writing and editing their resumes as well as cover letters • Brainstorm ways through which the student can get relevant experience by on-campus involvement ### Member at Mathematics and Computer Science Hiring Committee @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Geneva, NY • Assisted Computer Science department at HWS to hire new faculty members for the department • Interviewed the candidates generally as well as according to their field of expertise to ensure a fair comparison • Compared the selected candidates to see who best fits the liberal arts environment at HWS as well as meets the needs of the study body and the department • Attended different research talks/lectures given by the candidates and gave feedback to the department on the teaching style of each candidate ### Civic Newman Fellow @ Campus Compact Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### Mentor | Tutor @ Coding Club at Boys and Girls Club Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 • Assist middle school and high school students to get ahead in the coursework by teaching them the basics of programming (data structures, conditions, loops) • Identify different issues that students face in their day-to-day life and brainstorm creative projects with students to tackle those issues • Create a curriculum and a plan to teach MIT App Inventor to 15+ students 3 hours per day • Assist students in the design, implementation, testing, and debugging of their android applications while clearly explaining each step thus allowing them to work independently in the future • Serve as a mentor and work one-on-one with each student to deploy android applications on phones/tablets as well as showcase their applications at Boys and Girls Club ### Full Stack Developer Intern @ EYCON Private Limited Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Islamabad, Pakistan Eycon is a company which strives to provide high quality solutions and services to its clients using latest and advanced technologies. With no previous experience of web application development, I started with learning the basics and worked my way upto contributing in projects. During my time at Eycon: • I worked on 2 different projects including Employ’s Application project and a real-time newsfeed application. • Contributed to both server side and client side using PHP, JS and JQuery. • Ensured a user friendly-interface using CSS and Bootstrap and also managed database efficiently using MySQL. ### Engineering and Maintenance Intern @ Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Islamabad, Pakistan • First-hand experience with the automobile problem diagnoses. • Worked with the department staff to diagnose issues in the automobiles and provide quick but efficient solutions to them. ### Event Organizer at Theme Night @ Roots College International DHA-1 Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Islamabad, Pakistan Arranged one of the biggest events of the year, which was attended by hundreds of students and faculty members from all over the city. Organized and completed different tasks by working with my team and as the result of sheer hard work and remarkable team work the event turned out to be a super success. ## Education ### Bachelor's of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 ### Summer Pre-Collegiate Program in Environmental Science and Engineering Stanford University Jan 2015 ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science Harrisburg University of Science and Technology Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 ### Study Abroad in Computer Science University of Bremen Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 ### High School in Science Roots Ivy International Jan 2003 – Jan 2016 ### Summer School in Robotics Roots IVY Summer Program Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/hamdan-ahmed --- Source: https://flows.cv/hamdan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/hamdan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01