Olivier Esslinger

Vice President @Nomura

London, GB

System: The front office trade capture and position keeping system for FX cash products, a mission-critical application where stability and performance are crucial.Stack: Java, Spring Framework (Core/JDBC/JMS/AOP/LDAP/Security/Boot), Sybase ASE, Tibco EMS, Tibco RV, Solace PubSub+, REST API, Jetty, Drools, Servlets, JavaScript, XML, FpML, FIX, JSON, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Shell Scripts, Symphony Bots, AutoSys, Elastic Stack, GitLab, Maven, Jenkins Pipelines, SonarQube, Nexus IQ, Ansible, Robot Framework, Jira, BigPicture, Zephyr, Confluence, ServiceNow.Management Achievements: • Managed a global team (London/Mumbai/Singapore/New York) to deliver small and large projects• Collaborated with product manager and business analysts to define requirements• Ensured the team’s development efforts were aligned to rapidly changing business priorities• Managed multiple streams of work and priorities, and ensured no aspect of delivery was neglected• Managed the team in an agile manner while adjusting to the needs of longer-term strategic planning• Achieved an excellent pace of delivery while improving system stability and reducing incidents• Delegated leadership responsibility to experienced developers to enable the team to scaleTechnical Achievements:• Led the architectural, technical, and functional evolution of the system• Designed new components, for instance a new system to manage intraday credit risk accurately• Contributed to the implementation effort with hands-on development on many projects• Introduced an SDLC policy and promoted good software development practices across the team• Modernised the development process, introduced a new DevOps toolchain and QA automation• Mentored several new hires over the years, integrated them in a fast and controlled way• Built a strong and collaborative relationship with many other technology teams• Handled all the firmwide change management procedures for production releases

Université Paris Cité

DEA, Astrophysics

University of Strasbourg

Maîtrise, Physics

Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics