Anwar Ruff
Quant Developer at NYU Center for Experimental Social Science
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAnwar Ruff is a Quant Developer and technologist with 14 years of experience building experimental and production software that bridges economics, social science, and finance. He’s led full-stack projects—Python backends, JavaScript frontends, and SQL databases—while managing infrastructure for research centers and translating complex experimental designs into robust applications. His consulting work spans universities and media, including software that supported a published field experiment in Experimental Economics, showing a knack for turning academic theory into field-ready tools. Based in New York, he recently joined Verition Fund Management while completing an MS in Computer Science at NYU Tandon, combining quantitative finance exposure with deep research-oriented engineering. Notably, he often designs bespoke desktop and web platforms for behavioral and negotiation experiments, an unusual specialty that blends lab-grade precision with production reliability.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at NYU Tandon School of EngineeringBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at City College of New York - Grove School of Engineering
English, Japanese, Spanish
Github Skills (9)
gui-automation8
keyboard7
mouse7
python5
automation4
cross-platform3
app-service2
scheduling1
docker1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cesslab/maze_experiment
Oct 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:108 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
cesslab/winnerscurse
Oct 2018 - Nov 2020
Experiment: Winner's Curse
Contributions:1 release, 128 pushes, 17 branches in 2 years 1 month
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