David Simic
Quantitative Trader
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Simic is a physicist-turned-quantitative trader and technologist with 11 years of experience building data-driven trading strategies, ML systems, and production-grade software. Currently designing quantitative investment strategies and portfolio allocations in digital assets at Polytope Research, he combines prior quant research at Citadel with hands-on DeFi engineering and Solidity smart-contract work. He founded and scaled a healthcare SaaS as CTO, deploying deep learning pipelines and cloud infrastructure that processed 50,000+ imaging exams per month across multiple continents. His background spans theoretical physics (Stanford PhD), machine learning, and full-stack development—linking rigorous quantitative modeling to practical deployment. Notably, he has built automated trading bots, on-chain DEX order-book systems, and complex ML-driven products, reflecting an unusual blend of high-frequency finance, blockchain engineering, and applied AI. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, he brings both research-grade analytics and product-oriented execution to investment and crypto engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Theoretical Physics, PhD, Theoretical Physics at Stanford UniversityBSc, Joint Honors Mathematics and Physics, BSc, Joint Honors Mathematics and Physics at McGill University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (73)
medical9
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imaging9
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chrome9
nodejs9
image-analysis8
html8
javascript8
medical-imaging8
footprint8
dicom8
windows7
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cornerstone7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dsimic/wordpress-deploy
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 branches, 1 tag in 11 months
dsimic/docsplit
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:19 commits in 14 days
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