Hi there!
My name is Brendan!
By day 🌞, I am a software architect.
I currently work for the hedge fund Capstone Investment Advisors.
  • Lead a cross-functional team of engineers to deliver high-availability trading systems.
  • Drive firm-wide system architecture and technical standards.
  • Architected scalable data pipelines optimized for real-time trading environments.
Previously, I worked as a software engineer at FactSet.
  • Engineered scalable ETL frameworks and bespoke internal tools for Portfolio Managers.
  • Optimized data delivery systems processing terabytes of information daily.
By night 🌝, I am a tinker and a gamer.
Some of my hobbies include:
  • Tinkering: I love working on side projects in both software and hardware
  • Reading: Big Brandon Sanderson fan and other high fantasy
  • Gaming: OSRS Player and various FPS games
Side Projects:
  • Home Lab: Small Raspberry Pi Cluster running K3S
  • Angstrom: Small scripting language built in C99
  • Smolstack: My attempt at removing bloat from my software stack