Abdul Hakim Norazman

Modernising and improving software used in large-scale financial-statement and fund-reporting workflows.

• Reduced latency in financial-statement generation workflows by up to 30%, improving returns, allocation-extract and account-level data processing.
• Modernised a financial-statements Bulk Override Tool by upgrading Java, Spring Boot and Gradle.
• Used automated refactoring and AI-assisted development tools, including Moderne and GitHub Copilot, to reduce legacy-code risk.
• Validated and documented REST APIs with Swagger to improve consistency for downstream financial systems.
• Work across engineering and financial-domain boundaries to diagnose bottlenecks, clarify requirements and deliver maintainable production changes.
• Addressed peak-period out-of-memory failures in ReportingService by analysing and rebalancing CPU, memory and disk allocations across containerised Statements applications and environments, and built Grafana dashboards to compare resource usage before and after the changes.

Built research tooling used to model, review and report long-term market assumptions.

• Developed a Java and React platform supporting Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions.
• Delivered an Asset Volatility module with backend calculations, controlled manual overrides and report integration.
• Upgraded Spring Boot versions across services using OpenRewrite and GitHub Copilot to improve maintainability.
• Tested and documented REST APIs with Swagger to support reliable data flow between research tools.
• Worked with research and engineering stakeholders to translate analytical workflows into production software.

Developed and operated cross-asset trading systems, primarily as a Java server-side engineer.

• Migrated millions of reference and instrument records from legacy Sybase databases to internal platforms using Kafka, REST and GraphQL, with SQL-based reconciliation.
• Delivered instrument-specific data to Portware to improve ETF order releases and reduce trading latency.
• Enabled warrant-note orders in Asia to flow into Portware, reducing manual trader intervention and operational risk.
• Strengthened secure connectivity to external services including Bloomberg, OTCX and Symphony.
• Resolved urgent testing and production incidents across equities, fixed income, OTC, money markets and cash-management order routing.
• Acted as a global release manager, coordinating production delivery, support communications, system monitoring and trader-facing release notes.
• Moved order-grouping eligibility logic from the user interface into backend services ahead of a UI modernisation.
• Built relationships with traders and portfolio managers through one-to-one feedback sessions, workflow study and order-routing subject-matter expertise.

Part-time technical role supporting a digitally focused makerspace alongside my engineering degree.

• Helped manufacture more than 10,000 3D-printed face shields for NHS frontline staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Delivered general inductions on the safe use of 3D scanners and printers, VR/AR equipment, CNC tools and electronics.
• Created and taught 90-minute interactive workshops in Inkscape vector-graphics design for students and staff.
• Worked with the School of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies to research, design and manufacture an accurate, scalable astrolabe.
• Acted as a subject-matter expert on digital-manufacturing equipment including laser cutters.
• Contributed to the team recognised for Outstanding Library Team at the 2020 Times Higher Education Awards.

• Thesis: The Development of a Machine Learning Computer-Aided Design Filter Using Computational Geometry.
• Completed the thesis in partnership with Theorem Solutions and Ford Motor Company, using C++ and Python.
• Combined mechanical and electrical engineering with software, mathematical modelling, project management and manufacturing.

Software & digital systems

C programming, C++, Python, MATLAB, R, Verilog and digital-systems laboratories

Mathematics & computation

Matrix analysis, differential equations, Laplace transforms, probability, statistics and computational geometry

Engineering & delivery

Mechanical engineering projects, supply chain management, industrial management and engineering project management

Led the stability, braking and suspension programme for HYPED's third-generation pod while representing the UK at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.

• Led three technical sub-teams totalling around 25 people across stability, braking and suspension.
• Managed a technical budget of up to GBP 25,000.
• Represented the UK as a finalist at the 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition IV, where HYPED finished in the top ten.
• Contributed to HYPED's wider competition record, including sixth place at the 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.
• Delivered a sold-out Institution of Mechanical Engineers lecture on Hyperloop technology and HYPED to an audience of around 100 people.
• Presented technical work to external audiences across the country.