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Hi, I'm Merlin Santano Simoes, a passionate software engineer with over 5 years of professional experience specializing in Java, SQL, and cloud technologies. I love designing scalable and reliable applications that provide polished, user-focused experiences. Working across diverse projects in healthcare and finance, I excel at collaborating in Agile teams and mentoring peers to deliver high-quality solutions. I thrive on solving complex problems using my skills in data pipelines, ETL, and cloud platforms, while always eager to learn and share knowledge. My recent work includes pioneering advanced NLP applications and bridging medical data interoperability, highlighting my drive to impact meaningful real-world domains with technology.…Hi, I'm Merlin Santano Simoes, a passionate software engineer with over 5 years of professional experience specializing in Java, SQL, and cloud technologies. I love designing scalable and reliable applications that provide polished, user-focused experiences. Working across diverse projects in healthcare and finance, I excel at collaborating in Agile teams and mentoring peers to deliver high-quality solutions. I thrive on solving complex problems using my skills in data pipelines, ETL, and cloud platforms, while always eager to learn and share knowledge. My recent work includes pioneering advanced NLP applications and bridging medical data interoperability, highlighting my drive to impact meaningful real-world domains with technology.

Merlin Santano Simoes

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Hi, I'm Merlin Santano Simoes, a passionate software engineer with over 5 years of professional experience specializing in Java, SQL, and cloud technologies. I love designing scalable and reliable applications that provide polished, user-focused experiences. Working across diverse projects in healthcare and finance, I excel at collaborating in Agile teams and mentoring peers to deliver high-quality solutions. I thrive on solving complex problems using my skills in data pipelines, ETL, and cloud platforms, while always eager to learn and share knowledge. My recent work includes pioneering advanced NLP applications and bridging medical data interoperability, highlighting my drive to impact meaningful real-world domains with technology.…Hi, I'm Merlin Santano Simoes, a passionate software engineer with over 5 years of professional experience specializing in Java, SQL, and cloud technologies. I love designing scalable and reliable applications that provide polished, user-focused experiences. Working across diverse projects in healthcare and finance, I excel at collaborating in Agile teams and mentoring peers to deliver high-quality solutions. I thrive on solving complex problems using my skills in data pipelines, ETL, and cloud platforms, while always eager to learn and share knowledge. My recent work includes pioneering advanced NLP applications and bridging medical data interoperability, highlighting my drive to impact meaningful real-world domains with technology.

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Hi, I’m Merlin Santano Simoes, a passionate software engineer with over 5 years of professional experience specializing in Java, SQL, and cloud technologies. I love designing scalable and reliable applications that provide polished, user-focused experiences. Working across diverse projects in healthcare and finance, I excel at collaborating in Agile teams and mentoring peers to deliver high-quality solutions.

I thrive on solving complex problems using my skills in data pipelines, ETL, and cloud platforms, while always eager to learn and share knowledge. My recent work includes pioneering advanced NLP applications and bridging medical data interoperability, highlighting my drive to impact meaningful real-world domains with technology.

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Work Experience

Software Developer at Leap of Faith Technologies LOF LLC

May 1, 2024 - Present

Led a team to develop an ETL data pipeline for the OMOP Common Data Model, achieving 50% reduction in data handling time and improving accuracy. Innovated solutions to enhance OMOP database querying in Azure SQL and PostgreSQL using IMO ontology and LLMs, boosting query efficiency. Developed an ETL pipeline in Python and MS SQL Server for bridging SNOMED and ICD-10 codes to support clinical data interoperability at Weill Cornell Medicine. Applied advanced NLP and LLM techniques to extract insights from 10,000 unstructured medical notes, increasing clinical decision accuracy by 40%.

Software Development Engineer 2 at Credit Risk IT, UBS

July 1, 2023 - August 30, 2025

Delivered a Margin Period of Risk project utilising Java, SQL, PySpark, and Hadoop that contributed to a $1.1B increase in risk weighted assets for prime brokerage clients. Collaborated in a team to build and deploy complex risk hierarchy modules using BDD practices achieving 50-60 story points per sprint. Created Pytest-based test automation and integration testing with Autosys, ensuring 99.9% uptime and smooth stable deployments. Optimized legacy batch jobs reducing processing times by 50%. Facilitated onboarding sessions and Agile ceremonies to foster knowledge sharing and enhance team delivery.

Software Development Engineer 1 at Credit Risk IT, UBS

February 28, 2022 - August 30, 2025

Automated Oracle PL/SQL scripts to reduce data sourcing time by 96% and eliminated manual efforts. Enhanced credit risk star schema repository with Node.js updates. Created a CI/CD pipeline using TeamCity for automated Oracle script execution and test case runs, improving deployment efficiency. Transformed raw data for ingestion into relational databases, enhancing data quality and system integration.