Sara Maarouf
London,London
Summary
Senior developer with extensive experience at Neuberger Berman, specializing in equity trading, ESG, and risk management. Demonstrated success in creating scalable technology solutions that improve workflows and enhance data quality. Expertise in stakeholder engagement, project management, and team development, with a focus on mentoring junior developers. Committed to leveraging technical skills to drive innovative solutions that align with sustainable investment strategies.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AVP Senior Developer
Neuberger Berman
Greater London
01.2024 - Current
- Assisted in designing and delivering technology solutions across equity trading, ESG, and risk management domains.
- Supported the enhancement and streamlining of equity trading workflows by building scalable solutions that combine the workflows of portfolio management teams, traders, and compliance in a centralised system.
- Contributed to the development of ESG quotients and analytics to aid sustainable investment strategies as part of an initiative to automate key factors that influence investment goals and strategies.
- Participated in driving data quality initiatives in cloud environments, applying data vault principles for optimisation to help seamlessly onboard new vendor data, while giving the business partners the confidence and auditability they need.
- Helped build and enhance investment risk frameworks, automating operational risk and restriction flows varying between managing restriction rules, and providing enhanced reporting tools for C-suite meetings and decision-making.
- Provided mentorship to junior developers, fostering technical growth and ensuring high-quality delivery across projects. This included training, and recurring performance reviews.
- Explored emerging technology stacks to assist in building robust, scalable solutions for business partners, including Snowflake, AI, and OpenShift.
- Facilitated productive relationships with key stakeholders, aiding in negotiations and securing contracts with vendors and outside consultancies, working with team members across Asia, the US, and Europe.
AVP Developer
Neuberger Berman
Greater London
12.2022 - 01.2024
- Assisted in building an equity IPO trading system while managing delivery across front office and support functions.
- Supported system development by collaborating with FlexTrade to design and implement an issue management system integrating with Aladdin (BlackRock) APIs, Charles River OMS, and Eze OMS.
- Coordinated with portfolio managers, risk compliance, and operations teams to onboard users and facilitate adoption across the investment lifecycle.
Technical Analyst
OmniVista Solutions
United Arab Emirates
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Managed responsibilities as a team lead across projects for different asset managers and a hedge fund, with a focus on client relationship management, project delivery, and team collaboration.
- Supported team members through training and guidance to enhance team performance, and provided several tech talks within the team to create a more interactive knowledge-sharing environment.
- Coordinated activities on a BAU support project, ensuring timely completion. This included archiving order data, OMS upgrades, fix integration management, and other essential items for our client's seamless usage of different tools, especially Charles River (CRD) and Aladdin.
Junior Technical Analyst
OmniVista Solutions
United Arab Emirates
02.2021 - 01.2022
- Supported clients with investment management software, primarily Charles River OMS.
- Assisted in the development of new platforms for the trading lifecycle.
- Conducted routine support tasks, including managing user setup and access.
- Helped with BAU support, archiving, and FIX integrations.
- Facilitated the development of export logic.
Software Engineer
MATIC
Beirut District, Lebanon
07.2019 - 01.2021
- Assisted in resolving architectural challenges and enhancing performance through various design patterns.
- Collaborated with senior managers to conceptualise feature designs and analyse requirements, aiding in the creation of delivery roadmaps.
- Supported junior developers through mentoring and guidance.
Junior Software Engineer
MATIC
Beirut District, Lebanon
10.2018 - 07.2019
- Migrating the system from the Legacy Yii framework to Symfony, in addition to implementing new features, documentation, and unit tests, using Docker, Git, PHP 7+, SQL, and Symfony 3+.
Teaching Assistant
Lebanese American University
Beirut District
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Assistance in the lab sessions of the Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, CSC243, and Objects and Data Abstraction, CSC245, courses.
Intern
Al Mawarid Bank
Beirut District
06.2017 - 07.2017
- Assisted in quality assurance projects within MIS department.
- Analysed requirements specifications for online banking channel.
- Created relevant test scenarios and supported testing of core banking system.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science
Lebanese American University
01-2018
Skills
- Data quality management
- Risk assessment
- Equity trading and ESG knowledge
- Stakeholder engagement
- Project management
- Team building
- Strategic planning
- Research and development
- Process improvement
- Product lifecycle management
Certification
- Software Engineering Bootcamp, 2023-01-01
- Build Initial Copilot With Microsoft Copilot Studio, 2023-01-01
- Describe Microsoft security Copilot, 2023-01-01
- Work with entities and variables in Microsoft Copilot Studio, 2023-01-01
- Programming Foundations: Web Security, 2023-01-01
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
www.linkedin.com/in/saramaarouf-24428516b
Timeline
AVP Senior Developer
Neuberger Berman
01.2024 - Current
AVP Developer
Neuberger Berman
12.2022 - 01.2024
Technical Analyst
OmniVista Solutions
01.2022 - 12.2022
Junior Technical Analyst
OmniVista Solutions
02.2021 - 01.2022
Software Engineer
MATIC
07.2019 - 01.2021
Junior Software Engineer
MATIC
10.2018 - 07.2019
Teaching Assistant
Lebanese American University
09.2017 - 05.2018
Intern
Al Mawarid Bank
06.2017 - 07.2017
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science
Lebanese American University