Summary
Benjamin Scialom is an IT finance project lead with 8 years of experience at the intersection of finance and software engineering, currently driving IT/Finance projects at smartTrade Technologies. He has deep hands-on experience in IRD pricing, curve management and market data distribution from roles at Societe Generale and as an IT quant consultant, complemented by earlier work on risk analytics and parsers for HedgeFacts. A polyglot developer comfortable in Python, Java and C#, he combines strong engineering skills with product and technical leadership, having acted as product owner and technical lead on backtesting libraries. Benjamin is pursuing FRM certification (Part I passed) and pairs quantitative finance knowledge with practical production support (level 3) for traders and sales. Trained in France and the US (ENSEIRB-MATMECA and Illinois Tech), he brings a disciplined, military-school foundation and a track record of scaling teams and processes from junior company leadership to enterprise releases. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who turns complex pricing and data challenges into reliable, auditable systems.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor in Engineering 3 intensive years of higher education which lead to an entrance in Engineering School, Bachelor in Engineering 3 intensive years of higher education which lead to an entrance in Engineering School at Prytanée National Militaire
Master's degree in Computer Science with Specialization in Finance Computer Science and Finance, Master's degree in Computer Science with Specialization in Finance Computer Science and Finance at Illinois Institute of Technology
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at ENSEIRB-MATMECA