Sebastian Dakey

Experience

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  Ashesi University Career Services Department

  Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Summer Intern

  1. Assisted in the planning and implementation of career services programs such as employers’ forum, site visits, and alumni events.2. Managed the career services inbox and other student and alumni platforms.

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  Ashesi University

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2020

  Career Peer Advisor

  Provide services to peers that include critiques of resumes and cover letters.Provide career assistance or general advising to peers on CV writing, networking skills, and career path development.Market career center services to students to create awareness about available career resources

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  Enval Laboratories

  May 2018 - Jun 2018

  IT Intern

  • Built a user-friendly website with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to provide a platform for customers of the company to have a central point of access to lab results.• Collaborated with the client to understand his needs and designed an interface that met those needs.

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  Swarthmore College

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Student Activities Intern

  1. Assisted in planning large all-campus events, including Halloween, Winter Formal2. Provided support to students and student organizations planning events through regular drop-in hours in the Office of Student Engagement

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  Rancard

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Summer Intern

  • Built and integrated an Augmented Reality (AR) feature with Facebook’s Spark AR, with a team of three into the company’s recommendation system, Rendezvous, to provide an additional dimension of interaction for users by allowing them to view store items in AR• Generated queries, with Cypher query language, from the company’s graph database that powers its recommendation system to glean in on activities of stores on the platform.

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  Blossom Academy

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Project Lead

  1. Conducted exploratory data analysis on LifeBank’s historic data of purchases of blood through data cleaning and visualizations using pandas, matplotlib, numpy and seaborn 2. Forecasted the demand for blood using the Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) time series model

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  Goldman Sachs

  May 2020 - May 2020

  Spring Intern - Technology
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  10 Academy

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Data Science Content Developer

  Curated high-quality data science tutorials, assignments, and quizzes for over 50 students each week, covering key topics in NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, seaborn, among othersHeld office hours to explain assignments and data science concepts, among others, to over 50 studentsEnhanced student learning experiences by providing mentorship to students to help them navigate the learning experience

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  Ashesi University

  Aug 2020 - Jan 2022

  Teaching Assistant

  Achieved over 95% pass rate of students across three courses by leading several discussions sessions for about 90 students taking them through labs, and explaining class conceptsAssisted students with course materials and one-to-one office hours to respond to their concerns and implement individually tailored strategies to help students understand and excel in the courseEffective managed multitasking between attendance recording, grading, assignments, exams, and other assessments for over 90 students across three courses using Canvas Learning Management System Show less

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  Google

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Project Coordinator

  Enhanced the mentor-mentee pairing process's efficiency by developing a streamlined system, ensuring effective regulation, continuous monitoring, and optimization.Drastically minimized access time to program data by implementing an internal website dedicated to organizing and maintaining up-to-date program information.Successfully processed more than 10 Google Cloud Platform (GCP) compute credit requests, adeptly resolving various technical and logistical challenges.

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  Bank of America

  Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Software Engineer

  Engineered a web application with Dash catering to traders' needs, enabling seamless entry of yield curves. This dynamic platform supports bidirectional interactions between the user interface and the database, incorporates robust state management, provides detailed insights into specific yield curves, and facilitates the effortless publishing of curves. This innovative solution supersedes the previous reliance on Excel for managing yield curves.

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  Carnegie Mellon University Africa

  Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  Graduate Teaching Assistant - Data Analytics

  Crafting a set of stimulating programming tasks that challenge students and solidify key concepts covered in the course.Facilitating interactive office hours to offer personalized guidance to students, addressing their homework concerns, and clarifying conceptual doubts effectively.Developing Python scripts to automate the grading process for homework assignments, streamlining and enhancing the assessment workflow.

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  Irembo

  Oct 2023 - Jan 2024

  Product Manager

  Aligned stakeholder expectations and developed product roadmaps for an invoicing solution, encompassing payment simulation and dashboard with metrics features.Gathered and documented requirements, translating business needs into detailed feature specifications for the developerFostered a collaborative environment, working effectively with cross-functional teammates, including Quality Assurance, DevOps, and developer, to ensure seamless implementation of product features.Monitored project progress, incorporating stakeholder and user feedback to enhance product functionality and user experience, ensuring timely delivery of key milestones. Show less

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  Bank of America

  Jul 2024 - now

  Software Engineer, Global Non-Linear Rates Technology

  1. Implemented an automated control email report to identify and report stale bond prices, eliminating the risk of inaccurate pricing for the trading desk and enhancing data integrity in end-of-day operations2. Built an automated reporting solution to extract and consolidate valuation parameters for the Credit and Funding trades to help in Independent Price Verification, enhancing operational efficiency for the finance team