# Max Lucas Kienast > Software Engineer Location: London, England, United Kingdom Profile: https://flows.cv/maxlucaskienast Hey there! I'm a Software Engineer currently working in the financial sector. At my present position at an investment bank I have been supporting projects both as architect and developer where I enjoy the daily collaboration between tech and business sides in Fintech. I'm also passionate about machine learning and AI, especially when it comes to its applications in algorithmic trading, boosting daily productivity and trading card games. Feel free to connect with me! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ Peel Hunt Jan 2024 – Present | London Area, United Kingdom •Built agentic AI solutions for Equity Research and HR including long-short-term memory mgmt., sub-agent delegation, tool calling, human-in-the-loop, auditability, security, cost monitoring, and RAG. •Development of Python scripts to run and deploy database performance and stress tests for successful data migration from Oracle to SQL Server to save on licensing costs. •Setup of new FIX connections and trade support for new counterparties in test and production environments. •Configuration of Prometheus and Grafana dashboards for systems monitoring and alerting. •Implementation of Java remote method invocation APIs to send trading data from backend caches to GUI. •Design of C# user interface for core algorithmic trading platform including grids, charts, and alerts. ### Software Engineer @ Berenberg Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Greater London •Design of distributed back-office systems for securities clearing, settlement, trade reporting, and fulfilment, as well as implementation of SWIFT and FIX message parsers. •Built LLM-powered chatbots and automated workflows to aid engineers during PROD support via logs and development of new features via Jira tickets. •JVM tuning, setting compilers and garbage collectors as well as fine-tuning code cache size to enhance application performance and responsiveness. •Setup of CI/CD pipelines and k8s deployments across dev, int, staging and prod environments. •Multi-threaded processing of securities account positions during reconciliation process, leading to results being delivered to traders 27 minutes faster than before. ### Research Engineer @ REACNOSTICS GmbH Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Hamburg, Germany • Leveraged Python to gain insights for research and business from diffraction patterns generated by the DESY particle accelerator and collaborated with technical staff to discuss the data analysis. • Modeled signal-to-noise ratio in multilayer transmission geometries utilizing the PANalytical reference database for phase identification and employing SciPy to address optimization challenges. • Built and configured capillary reactors for spatially resolved catalytic process analysis, enabling a profile reactor technique that optimizes production reactors for maximum conversion and efficiency. ### Research Assistant @ TUTECH INNOVATION GMBH Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Hamburg, Germany •Employed Python and Excel for data-driven modeling of extraction curves from experimental data and presented research results to investors and partners. •Designed an automated process cascade for producing lignin-based bioplastics from agricultural crop wastes, while also mentoring students to support the setup and data collection process. •Study of scientific theory and state-of-the-art technologies, generating written reports required to navigate the research process effectively. ### Developer & Co-Founder @ Delyntax UG Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Hamburg, Germany -Development of medical patient risk analysis tool (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript) -Design and development of photography iOS app (Objective-C) -MVP development for video-voice-over syncing iOS app (Objective-C, PHP, MySQL) ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science University of York ### Postgraduate Certificate in DevOps Caltech ### Master of Science - MS in Finance University of Aberdeen ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Engineering Science Hamburg University of Technology ### International Baccalaureate Oakham School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/max-lucas-kienast - Website: https://github.com/lucaskienast --- Source: https://flows.cv/maxlucaskienast JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/maxlucaskienast/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05