Charles Tian

Experience

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  Keebeck Alpha

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Software Developer Intern

  • Spearheaded a project to prototype a Python web scraper to get data from the SEC EDGAR database’s 10-K and 10-Q filings and Nasdaq’s website to facilitate research for portfolio management• Parsed and processed XBRL and HTML data files from websites using Arelle, BeautifulSoup, and pyppeteer

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Sept 2021 - now

  Computer Science Department Mentor

  Mentored courses: Data Structures, Computer Science I, Mid-Bridge/Crash Course in C++ Syntax

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  HPR (Hyannis Port Research)

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Applications Engineering Intern

  • Developed Python CLI that automates simulation setup and execution to enable easier access to holistic functional testing and faster onboarding of new business features; reduced setup time from up to an hour to seconds o Optimized manually run commands that grew linearly with complexity to two automated Ansible playbook calls o Implemented industry standard practices, such as supporting pip installation and Unix shell auto-completion o Mimicked client-side data providers with HTTP and SFTP servers to allow users to simulate custom data sets o Automated FPGA image installation by detecting FPGA board type and executing corresponding installation o Improved simulation capabilities of an order sender by adding a pause feature that maintains the continuity of client order IDs and exchange sequence numbers• Participated in meetings with financial institutions to discuss product issues and new feature requests Show less