Cesar Lahoud
Software Developer

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About Me

Hi, I'm Cesar, a passionate software engineer with experience in full-stack development, UI design, and real-time data systems. I currently work at Citi, where I build high-performance applications that traders rely on daily.

I'm always picking up new hobbies and finding ways to tinker and learn. Whether it's 3D printing, cooking new recipes or crafting cocktails. I think the best way to learn a new skill is to dive in and start experimenting.

I'm always looking for the next opportunity to push boundaries and build something great.

Key Skills

Experience

Citi Bank

    Software Engineer, Associate Vice President | Equities Market Data

    Current Position

      Software Engineer, Analyst II | Equities Market Data

      July 2024 - July 2025

    • Led a team of 3 for the development of a trading platform, gathering requirements through direct client interactions, managing project deadlines, and ensuring timely feature delivery.
    • Built customizable dashboards for data visualization and manipulation, including filtering and data slicing for portfolio performances using AngularJs and Spring Boot.
    • Reorganized and optimized the loading of traded stocks into balanced groups using KDB+/q, improving feed handler efficiency by 20% and eliminating timeout issues.
    • Increased DevOps productivity by 30% by building CI/CD pipelines to optimize the testing, building, and deployment of critical business services.
    • Engineered a monitoring tool for our support team enabling rapid identification of production issues and faster recovery time of services using Grafana and KDB+/q.
    • Mentored junior developers and interns, fostering technical growth and supporting the expansion of our team.

      UI Developer, Analyst | Rates Trading

      July 2023 - July 2024

    • Migrated application from WPF to Angular to reduce load times by at least 150% and improve user experience.
    • Reduced department costs by integrating Bloomberg features into our trading application across multiple flows.
    • Heavily tested front-end components using regression and unit testing to ensure their consistency and functionalities using the jest framework.
    • Successfully coordinated multiple releases, overseeing and ensuring smooth launch and troubleshooting, and resolving production issues to ensure high-quality customer service.

    Société Générale

      Full Stack Developer, Intern

      May 2022 - August 2022

    • Streamlined the communication process between SG and vendors by designing and developing a website that allows the user to answer questionnaires, leave comments, and upload attachments.
    • Designed the database to 3NF and developed CRDU APIs to save, modify, and delete vendor responses.
    • Designed and built the front end of the questionnaire page using React, while using hooks and redux to manage the different states to decrease by 15% the number of API calls being made and allow a faster and more responsive user experience.

    Education

    McGill University

    2019 - 2023

    Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

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    Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour

    2016 - 2019

    French baccalaureate - Highest Honors

    Certificates

    Quantitative Finance & Algoritmic Trading in Python

      Udemy

      2025

    Tailwind CSS v4 - Beginner to Pro

      Udemy

      2025

    PostgreSQL for Everybody

      Coursera

      2022

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