Andi Qu
Quantitative Research Analyst
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndi Qu is a quantitative research analyst at Citadel Securities with eight years of software and research experience bridging high-performance engineering and applied physics. Trained at MIT in EECS, Andi has moved between production-grade full-stack and backend roles—contributing to well-known open-source projects like the Python Discord bot and the USACO Guide—while also delivering quantitative features in trading internships. Their research history spans neuromorphic superconducting circuits, spintronics devices, and theorem-proving for hardware compilers, demonstrating a rare blend of experimental lab work and production software. Comfortable across Python, frontend components, and systems integration, Andi brings both algorithmic rigor and pragmatic engineering to complex, multidisciplinary problems. An unexpected throughline: they translate research prototypes into usable tools, from LIDAR-based mapping utilities to snippet-parsing features in community bots.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at St John's College
English, Afrikaans, German, Chinese
Stackoverflow
315reputation
27kreached
1answer
11questions
Github Skills (29)
javascript10
github10
python10
discord-js10
discord10
regex10
react10
aiohttp10
bots9
discord-bot9
bitbucket9
googlebot9
gatsby9
mdx9
gitlab9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
cpinitiative/usaco-guide
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
A free collection of curated, high-quality resources to take you from Bronze to Platinum and beyond.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:271 reviews, 450 commits, 211 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Andi contributed to the development of the USACO Guide website, primarily focusing on front-end components and content updates. They added features like frequencies in the table of contents, fixed external solution links, and incorporated author information into solution templates. The user also addressed build issues and made general improvements to the project by adding links to the documentation, API's and online user statistics.
cpppythonhigh-qualityusacocompetitive-programming
python-discord/bot
Jul 2020 - Apr 2021
The community bot for the Python Discord community
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 42 commits, 2 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Andi primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the Python Discord bot, particularly in the area of code snippet retrieval and display. Their work involved implementing features to support GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket snippets within the bot, leveraging regular expressions to parse links and fetching file content. The user also refactored and cleaned code related to the snippet feature and incorporated a method to delete messages containing snippets.
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