Paden Gayle

Co-Founder

New York City, New York, United States8 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Successfully coached over 600 clients into top tech roles.
  • Led significant optimizations in data processing at Bloomberg.
  • Architected secure email solutions at Google.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend-heavy Fullstack Engineer with strong expertise in Fintech and AI.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentTechnical LeadershipData ProcessingModel TrainingCoachingTechnical Architecture

Other Skills

AWSAgileAlgorithmsAmazon Web Services (AWS)AutomationC++CommunicationComputer ScienceData StructuresData WarehousingDatabasesDebuggingDistributed SystemsDockerFunctionality

About

🤝 For sponsorships, partnerships, collaborations and speaking engagements please reach out to: 📧 hello@padenbuilds.com I’m Paden, a Software Engineer at Google, deeply passionate about helping others break into tech and level up their careers. I’ve navigated the journey from non-CS background to Google, and I share the strategies, insights, and real-world experiences that helped me get there. My goal is to demystify the path to tech roles, whether it’s understanding data structures, navigating technical interviews, or learning how to negotiate better offers. I’m committed to providing actionable advice, resources, and mentorship to those looking to elevate their careers. If you vibe with what I share, want to connect, or are looking for guidance, feel free to reach out. I’m always down to chat.

Experience

Google

Software Engineer III

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · New York, New York, United States · Hybrid

  • Designed and architected S/MIME support within the certificate validation service to ensure standards-compliant email encryption and signing, aligning with enterprise and industry security requirements.
  • Develop, maintain and re-architect security software components for the Google Trust Services Certificate Authority by implementing automation, ensuring the robust protection of digital identities and transactions
C++GoSoftware DevelopmentTechnical Leadership

Bloomberg

2 roles

Software Engineer - Data Platform Meta Services

Jul 2023Jun 2024 · 11 mos

  • Optimized daily metadata processing for millions of datasets by transitioning from a proprietary format to Parquet, resulting in a 30% cost reduction, saving millions, and accelerating file creation by 70%, significantly enhancing efficiency for the LLM project.
  • Employed Celery in conjunction with Redis/RabbitMQ as the message broker to efficiently distribute data-related tasks across multiple worker nodes, achieving a 3x improvement in task completion rates.
  • Collaborated on the design of a distributed computing framework for handling large-scale metadata processing tasks, leading to a substantial reduction in processing time and notable throughput improvement
  • Spearheaded codebase refactoring and optimization efforts, resulting in an 80% reduction in service calls, leading to enhanced system performance and substantial cost savings for storage
PythonDockerDistributed SystemsTechnical RequirementsAutomationCommunication+8

Software Engineer - Asset Investment Management (Buy-Side)

May 2021Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Revamped architecture using C++, Python, Go, Postgres, Docker, and Redis to enhance latency and accuracy
  • Engineered robust, scalable solutions tailored to buy-side clients, including hedge funds, prop trading firms, and banks within the financial industry.
  • Refactored existing codebase and created Docker setups with RabbitMQ monitoring to support efficient communication between different software components, resulting in improved deployment and scalability, and reducing troubleshooting time by ~20%
PythonDistributed SystemsTechnical RequirementsCommunicationDebuggingC+++5

Scale ai

LLM QA Engineer

Jun 2023Jun 2024 · 1 yr

  • Enhanced the LLM's data processing and model training pipelines, leading to a 25% increase in efficiency and a 15% enhancement in output precision across varied tasks without the direct use of NLP algorithms.
  • Evaluated AI-generated responses using a Side-by-Side (SxS) scoring system, enhancing model accuracy by ranking based on key dimensions.
Large Language Models (LLM)Predictive ModelingMachine LearningModel Training

Offerace

CEO & Founder

Sep 2021Jan 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Personalized Coaching for over 600+ Clients starting from July 2021
  • 100% of Clients landing roles in their Top 3 Companies within 3-6 months time
  • Provide Technical Mock Interviews and Behavioral Mock Interviews similar to what is to be seen in FAANG+ Interviews
CommunicationCoaching

Accenture

Technical Architect

Sep 2019May 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Designed and generated visualizations that helped with the interpretation and explanations of the identified patterns within the PPP loan system
  • Acted as cross-functional lead to develop relationships with potential customers to determine their use cases and adjusted application design to provide maximum value and utility to the customer
  • Review and integrate application requirements, including functional, security, integration, performance, quality and operations
Technical RequirementsCommunicationDebuggingTechnical Architecture

Baruch association for information systems

Founding Chapter President

Mar 2018May 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Worked with three executive board members to create, organize, and execute professional events from F50 Companies
  • Orchestrated campaigns and mentorships, resulting in an increase of over 80 active members within three weeks’ time in April 2018
  • Founded the first annual 'Tech Expo' where the AIS accumulated over 40 reps from 20 companies for a networking event for undergraduate students
Communication

Baruch college

College Assistant

Jun 2017Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Certified Advanced Level II Tutor with over 400+ hours of experience tutoring small cohorts of students with diverse needs in quantitative courses such as Python for Analytics, Data Mining, Calculus and Statistics
  • Created eight comprehensive lesson plans whos foundation was created using data from students to determine the most efficient method of teaching specific topics, increasing overall averages each subsequent semester.
  • Assistant Professor for Calculus courses consisting on average, 30 students and resulting in an average passing rate of 92%
Communication

Education

Baruch College

Bachelor's degree — Data Analytics

Jan 2016Jan 2019

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