Aaron Niskin
Vice President - Quantitative Researcher
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Niskin is a Vice President and quantitative researcher with 11 years of experience building machine-learning-driven alpha signals deployed across hundreds of millions in global market exposure, primarily focused on US equities. At BlackRock he blends rigorous mathematics, tick/fundamental/alternative data, and production ML to deliver reproducible, generalizable signals for both public and private equity and ESG strategies. His background spans hands-on signal research from intern to VP, alongside teaching and founding a tutoring company, reflecting an ability to explain complex models and mentor others. A former infantryman, he brings discipline and operational rigor to high-stakes systematic research. He is pursuing a master’s in data science and enjoys mathematical and logic-based riddles, a pastime that influences his taste for elegant, provable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Data Science, In progress, Master's degree, Data Science, In progress at New College of FloridaAssociate of Arts (AA), Engineering, Associate of Arts (AA), Engineering at Miami Dade CollegeBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics, 3.64 (3.79 in major), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics, 3.64 (3.79 in major) at Florida International University
Spanish, Hebrew, German, English
Github Skills (42)
kaggle10
r9
memoization9
parallel9
gradient-boosting9
python9
classification9
machine-learning9
data-mining9
python-functions9
lightgbm9
multiprocessing9
decision-tree9
data-analysis8
caching8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
daggerml/dml-util
Feb 2025 - Oct 2025
some utils and such
Contributions:2 reviews, 23 PRs, 159 pushes in 7 months
amniskin/amniskin.github.io
Jul 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:182 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 7 months
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