Benjamin B.Private profile: Upwork shows its earnings only to signed-in members, so we check it every few weeks, not daily. MRR here is a rough estimate (Upwork's six-month earnings ÷ months active). Last read Nov 5, 2026.

Read and write over 30 programming languages. I only build ML/AI systems in bare metal C++ or Rust, if you ask me to build a compromise of a system performance wise I'll decline your request. Advanced understanding of physics and data sciences. Prior prop trading, treasury and big bank experience. $800B USD AUM being managed on infrastructure and models I've built. Bleeding edge of time series Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Hobbyist AR/VR software engineer. Probably the best technologist in global macro, which isn't saying much. Understand use of proprietary data from intelligence agencies in relation to financial markets. Initial consultation: $30,000.99 Tier Discounts: Platinum $998.99 an hour (only available to one client on retainer) Titanium $348.99 an hour (only available to three clients on retainer) Gold $248.99 an hour Silver $148.99 an hour Bronze $84.99 an hour Cooper/Apprentice $64.99 an hour Steel/Neophyte $3.99 an hour (below 65) Have recently built robust trading and portfolio management applications in a serverless AWS Schema with Python and light C++ boosting. Read and Write over 30 programming languages. Proctored DOE physics Q clearance. Built many JVM data clusters. Modernized pentagon super computers. Expert in Excel in Python modeling. Intermediate in high performance WebAssembly front ends with embedded deep learning. Love to build and analyze in and outside of finance. In addition to my modeling, forecasting, and ML chops, I can build realtime dashboards and pipelines that are much more performant than javascript/node.js implementations could dream to be. CONCEPTS: Idiomatic, Serverless, FP, OOP, Cloud, Distributed Computing, Streaming, Big Data, Columnar Databases, Agile Methodologies PLATFORMS & LANGUAGES: C++, Python, Java, Web Assembly, Rust, C, Haskell, Excel, VBA, JavaScript, Pandas, NumPy, PyArrow, Matplotlib, Highcharts, Bloomberg Terminal, AWS Lambda, Cloudwatch, Spark, Parquet, Cassandra, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Jupyter, Maven/Gradle, IEX, QuantConnect MARKETS: Fixed Income, Commodities, Equities, Cryptocurrencies INSTRUMENTS: Futures/Forwards, Options [on Futures and Spot], Spot INTERESTS: Engineering, Life Sciences, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality/Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Brain Computer Interfaces