Alexander Snurnitsyn

Magus Invest LTD

• Build the machine-learning and quant research behind an equity trading system: cascade models predicting return over SPY across ~1000 names, plus portfolio construction, risk management, and extensive backtesting.
• Built an AI pipeline for collecting and analysing financial news (ML + NLP), technical-indicator signals (MACD, RSI) and KNN forecasting, with data pipelines for collection, preprocessing, and training.
• Deployed the system to a server with a Telegram bot and client app for real-time analytics, and wrote a monitoring console for oversight and control.

Mortalis Game

• Design game narratives, quests, and dialogue systems supporting player progression and engagement.
• Author and maintain detailed Game Design Documents and define feature requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (designers, developers, artists) to deliver gameplay features.

Independent

• Built a playable vertical slice of a survivor-style action roguelike in Godot — movement, combat, abilities, items, a shop, UI, and wave progression.
• Developing a narrative-focused real-time space-tactics prototype: scope, gameplay architecture, and long-term vision.
• Authored multi-page game and narrative design documents; built every system solo, learning holistic game architecture and scope management.

Independent · Amazon KDP

• Wrote, translated, and self-published two full-length fantasy novels (74k and 81k words) — owning writing, editing, cover direction, and launch.
• Ran performance-marketing campaigns across Amazon, Google, and Reddit Ads (4.5% CTR on Google Ads; ~100 email subscribers at roughly €1–2 each), plus an email funnel and listing SEO.
• Used free-run promotions (700+ copies) to reach #1 in Amazon free-bestseller category rankings.

Civitta LV

• Built Excel/VBA automation that cut vacation-accrual calculations from 3 hours to 30 minutes, and helped streamline bank reconciliations across offices in 20+ countries (~50% faster).
• Maintained complex reporting spreadsheets and operated a spend-management system (Payhawk), developing structured, detail-oriented data habits.

Riga Business School

• Applied projects: market & export analysis for LMT, fintech regulatory research with Beneflo, marketing-performance analysis for Smuk Davan, and organisational-culture analysis for ZN Metals.
• Research comparing self- vs traditionally-published books across the top 100 Amazon Kindle — later applied to publishing and marketing my own novels.

SolBridge International School of Business

• A semester in Daejeon, working in cross-cultural teams.