Ali Cigari
Head Of Front Office And AI Engineering at Castleton Commodities International
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAli Cigari is a Head of Front Office and AI Engineering with 13 years of experience blending software engineering, quantitative analysis, and commercial commodities expertise. He has led engineering and data science teams through product development, SOC-2 security work, and an acquisition, while also founding a data-driven sports recovery startup that earned University of Oxford backing. Equally comfortable as an individual contributor and a manager, he has built pricing, risk and execution systems at Goldman and production analytics and GenAI capabilities at Castleton Commodities. His background combines a DPhil in Computer Science and Oncology from Oxford, an MSc in Mathematical Modelling, and hands-on Python quant work—bringing rigorous research instincts to pragmatic trading technology. Notably, he has repeatedly transitioned between leadership and IC roles to focus on technical growth and high-impact delivery across startup and enterprise environments.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Oncology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Oncology at University of OxfordMaster of Arts (MA) Mathematics, Master of Arts (MA) Mathematics at University of Cambridge
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Github Skills (57)
jquery-plugin10
phonegap10
countdown10
timer10
countdown-timer10
cordova-plugin10
cordova9
jquery9
in-app-purchase9
screen-orientation9
orientation8
pocketbase8
django8
flask8
python8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oofaish/countdownCube
May 2013 - Aug 2021
a jQuery plugin that creates a countdown timer in years, months, days, hours and seconds in the form a bunch of rotating 3d cubes
Contributions:20 commits, 7 PRs, 9 pushes in 8 years 4 months
monthsjquerycubesrotatingjavascript
oofaish/qpScroll
Dec 2013 - Dec 2014
Contributions:3 commits in 11 months
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