Overview
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SoftwareEngineer

BAOZHU XIE

Naperville,IL

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

GHY Impact Capital LLC
01.2024 - 01.2025

Infrastructure & DevOps: Designed and maintained Terraform modules for AWS resources (S3, ECR, ALB, IAM, security groups, VPCs). Implemented lifecycle rules, automated provisioning, and hardened permissions to align with security best practices.
CI/CD & Deployment Systems: Developed workflows to streamline PR checks, environment value updates, and unused secrets notifications. Automated deployment pipelines to reduce manual overhead and improve release reliability.
API Development: Built and enhanced calculation APIs, improving performance, versioning, and message formats. Introduced error handling, environment-specific configurations, and monitoring integrations.
Branch & Feature Management: Delivered dozens of feature branches including bug fixes, new workflows, and infrastructure upgrades. Coordinated pull requests, code reviews, and version updates across teams.
Collaboration & Problem Solving: Partnered with developers and DevOps engineers to debug complex infrastructure issues, standardize AWS resource usage, and support ongoing system modernization.

Financial Data Engineer

Secdatabase
09.2018 - 06.2023

Designed and maintained data pipelines to process and query SEC EDGAR filings (10-K, 10-Q, Form 4, etc.) using AWS Athena, Glue, and S3.
Developed and optimized SQL query templates to extract financial metrics (revenue, net income, EPS, cash flow) from structured XBRL datasets.
Built scalable data warehouse models to integrate over 20GB+ of financial disclosure data, improving query efficiency and accuracy.
Partnered with research and compliance teams to automate repetitive analysis tasks, reducing manual workload and turnaround time.

Senior Data Analyst

Morningstar
09.2010 - 09.2014

Performed data entry and auditing to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with product requirements.
Collaborated with internal teams and external partners to identify, correct, and resolve performance, portfolio, and operational data issues.
Supported product managers by gathering, analyzing, and drafting requirements and specifications to enhance product functionality, usability, and visibility.
Applied analytical problem-solving skills and SQL/database programming to improve data processes and reporting.
Reviewed procedures and partnered with the development team to design analytical tools that streamlined data collection and quality assurance workflows.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
09-2025

Bachelor of Science - Economics

WUHAN UNIVERSITY
WUHAN,CHINA
06-2009

Skills

  • Python
  • Java
  • C/C programming
  • SQL
  • AWS
  • Git
  • CI/CD
  • Terraform

PROJECT

Blockchain Simulator (Python, SimPy)

  • Designed and implemented discrete-event simulations to model blockchain dynamics including nodes, transaction pools, miners, and coin issuance.
  • Collected and analyzed performance metrics (block time, TPS, coin supply) to evaluate network efficiency.
  • Conducted long-term simulations (10+ years) across BTC, BCH, LTC, DOGE, and MEMO to study coin creation and system behavior.
  • Stress-tested network scalability with workloads ranging from 10 to 1,000 wallets and high-frequency transactions.
  • Strengthened expertise in event-driven simulation, Python programming, and performance analysis for distributed systems.

Timeline

Software Engineer

GHY Impact Capital LLC
01.2024 - 01.2025

Financial Data Engineer

Secdatabase
09.2018 - 06.2023

Senior Data Analyst

Morningstar
09.2010 - 09.2014

Master of Science - Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science - Economics

WUHAN UNIVERSITY
BAOZHU XIE