Summary
Cole Diamond is a machine learning engineer and quant with a decade of experience turning data into scalable, real-world solutions across finance and consumer platforms. He is currently building ML-powered systems at Reddit, following a stint at Meta where he optimized Instagram Reels recommendations and a quantitative research career at Chicago Trading Company and Millennium. He blends portfolio-level risk-aware ML, reinforcement learning, and data science to design market-neutral strategies and high-signal consumer models. He holds a Master’s in Computational Science and Engineering from Harvard and a CS degree with an economics minor from Columbia, reflecting a strong foundation in both theory and applied engineering. Based in the New York area, he’s worked across hedge funds, banks, and tech, consistently delivering production-ready models and tooling that stand up to rigorous risk and data governance. He also has experience running fully-systematic ML initiatives and translating complex data into auditable decision-making processes.
11 years of coding experience