Christopher Hooper Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

I was a Scrum team lead, delivering CME's next-gen trading platform over Globex and Clearport. I was responsible for technical and architectural decisions, as well as team leading and day-to-day development.My key focus was authentication and authorization, using Open ID Connect and OAuth2. I also worked across the system, delivering ,NET microservices in many areas, using REST and messaging technologies.Key achievements: • I delivered the model authentication and authorization architecture for CME's next-gen systems. • I researched and developed the automated testing strategies that were used across the system. • I mentored junior and mid-level colleagues to help them with their technical and interpersonal skills.Technologies used: .NET Core, C#, Angular, Kubernetes, Istio, Open ID Connect, Prometheus, Kafka, Docker, gRPC, XUnit, Globex, Clearport

London, United Kingdom

I worked on CME Direct, which is the primary application for front-office trading through Clearport and Globex, commanding a considerable worldwide market share in interest rates, energy and commodities trading.I delivered as developer and team lead in areas such as order management/automation, deal entry, crossing, futures/options trading and strategies.Key achievements: • I produced complex deal and order entry screens, which received the highest praise from users for their usability, sophisticated functionality and reliability. Contributed to CME Direct becoming the leading product for trading on CME’s markets. • I designed and delivered a complete automatic dealing component that helped traders manage risk. Lead a small team through the complete software development lifecycle. • I achieved enormous improvements in application security through defence-in-depth and secure communications, ensuring the system was compliant with GDPR and other regulations. • I was promoted to team lead after 4 years as a senior developer.Technologies used: .NET, C#, Kafka, DevExpress (WinForms), NUnit, SQL Server, Globex, Clearport

I developed and supported business critical applications that are essential for the functioning of the Bank of England and the UK economy. These include the Bank's emergency responses to the 2008 financial crisis, which were essential to allowing the Bank to operate in trying times. My work encompassed risk management, fixed income securities and statistics processing.Key Achievements: • I progressed from junior developer to technical lead on major projects, including managing off-shoring relationships and making key technology decisions. • I delivered applications that handled hundreds of billions of pounds in assets and hedged systematic risk across the banking industry. • I produced complex statistical applications that enabled the sophisticated analysis of large (12TB) data sets, with high performance and extensibility.Technologies used: .NET, C#, WPF, Silverlight, Oracle, PL/SQL, NUnit, WinForms, NHibernate

I was a junior software developer and system tester, working on high profile projects for the public sector, such as NHS IT modernization and Crown Prosecution Service line-of-business applications. These were systems that required the highest levels of reliability and security, due to the sensitive nature of the information they processed.Technologies used: ,NET, C#, ASP.NET, Test Director