01 / AI · HACKATHONENCODE AI
Crypto Trading Advisor
Uses OpenAI-based LLM workflows to generate and evaluate trading recommendations across several timeframes, with monitoring to track how each signal performs.
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Hi, I'm
Hi, I'm
Caiqing.
Front office engineer building xVA pricing and risk simulation platforms in Python, C# and .NET. Lately: agentic AI and LLM tooling.
About
I'm a developer in front office technology. I build and support the platforms that price derivatives and simulate risk across global portfolios, working with portfolio managers, traders and quants in London, New York, Frankfurt and Hong Kong.
I got here the long way round. I studied English literature in Beijing, did an MSc at the LSE, co-founded an education venture, then spent five years teaching Mandarin and leading departments. In 2023 I finished the Code First Girls bootcamp with a distinction and moved into regulatory technology, then into xVA.
Teaching taught me to explain hard things simply, and that still shapes how I write code and work with desks. These days I'm most excited about AI-driven automation that works safely in a regulated environment.
Off the clock: travel, food and badminton.
2013
BA English, First ClassBeijing International Studies Univ.
2014
MSc Development ManagementLondon School of Economics
2015
Co-founded MengYa LtdLSE-incubated education venture
2018
Mandarin teacher → subject leaderKent and London schools
2023
Software engineering bootcampCode First Girls · Distinction
2023
RegTech developerMiFID transaction reporting
2025
xVA technology, AVPPricing & risk simulation
Projects
02 / DATA VIZGRAPH
Crypto Compliance Network Visualiser
An interactive network map of cryptocurrency wallets for spotting relationships and behaviour patterns, with graph analytics that scale to large transaction datasets.
JAVASCRIPTCYTOSCAPE.JSGRAPH ANALYTICS
03 / AUTOMATIONALERTS
Price Monitoring & Alert System
Pulls prices automatically, runs them through ETL-style processing, and sends notifications through external APIs when a price moves.
JAVASPRING BOOTREST APIS
04 / FULL STACKBOOTCAMP
Fitness Tracking Web App
A full-stack web app with user accounts, workout data processing and a database backend. Built during the Code First Girls bootcamp.
PYTHONFLASKSQL
Skills
Languages & frameworks
PYTHONC#.NETSQLJAVASCRIPTC++FLASKWPF
AI & agentic systems
LLM APPSAGENTIC AIPROMPT ENGINEERINGGITHUB COPILOT
Financial & risk
xVARISK SIMULATIONMiFID REPORTINGDERIVATIVES
Data & infrastructure
SQL SERVERMONGODBMYSQLREST APISDOCKERAWSENTITY FRAMEWORKGIT
Delivery & messaging
CI/CDGITHUB ACTIONSJENKINSBAMBOOAUTOSYSFIXMQXMLAGILE
Experience
PositionsLIVE
AVP, Analyst DeveloperFront Office xVA Technology · SMBCOCT 2025 –
PRESENTNOW
- Build and maintain xVA pricing, risk simulation and sensitivity platforms with PMs, traders and quants in four cities.
- Designed Python automation to deploy, run and monitor pricing and risk algorithms on distributed cloud and grid compute.
- Led the migration of a globally used Excel-DNA add-in from .NET Framework to .NET 8, including the global rollout.
- Pitched an AI-powered unified data platform at the firm's internal AI Hackathon.
Associate, Analyst DeveloperRegulatory Technology · SMBCOCT 2023 –
SEP 2025PREV
- Developed MiFID transaction reporting applications in C# .NET and SQL Server.
- Built SQL data-quality controls and moved legacy Entity Framework code to Dapper for speed.
- Maintained FIX handlers and MQ Windows Services; built WPF tools so business users manage reference data themselves.
Mandarin Subject LeaderCentral Foundation Boys' SchoolAUG 2021 –
AUG 2023TAUGHT
- Led the Key Stage 4 Mandarin programme to a 100% pass rate.
- Mentored junior staff and contributed to Ofsted-recognised teaching standards.
Teacher → Subject Leader of MandarinMayfield Grammar SchoolSEP 2018 –
AUG 2021TAUGHT
- Selected by UCL as a best-practice teaching model for teacher training.
- Led curriculum, assessment and international school partnerships, and kept teaching running through COVID-19.
Co-founder & Director of China OperationsMengYa LtdAPR 2015 –
MAR 2017FOUNDED
- Won incubator backing through the LSE entrepreneurship competition for an educational tourism venture.
- Ran supplier negotiations, operations and programme delivery, and built the digital marketing.
Education
Software Engineering Bootcamp, DistinctionCode First Girls · 2023
MSc Development Management, MeritLSE · 2014 · Distinction in dissertation
BA English Language & Literature, First ClassBeijing International Studies Univ. · 2013 · Top 5%
Certifications
AGENTIC AI · DATACAMPPROMPT ENGINEERING · DATACAMP
Say hi.
Open to chats about risk tech, AI automation in finance, or teaching people to code. I'm based in London.