Devin Connolly
Quantitative Researcher
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolDevin Connolly is a quantitative researcher with eight years of experience building data-driven trading and research solutions, currently at Jump Trading after completing a Master of Finance in Financial Mathematics at MIT Sloan. He combines rigorous academic grounding—First Class Honours from Trinity College Dublin and a 4.9/5.0 at MIT—with hands-on roles across trading, banking, and academic teaching (including MIT Financial Data Science & Computing). Skilled in R, Python and SQL, Devin focuses on quantitative finance, financial data science, and engineering scalable analytics for market strategies. His background spans both buy-side research and investment banking internships, giving him fluency in model development, production implementation, and communicating results to stakeholders. A keen sports enthusiast who mentors players, he brings the same team-oriented, competitive mindset to research and trading. Colleagues describe him as a practitioner who bridges theoretical models with pragmatic execution under live-market constraints.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Finance, Financial Mathematics, 4.9/5.0, Master of Finance, Financial Mathematics, 4.9/5.0 at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts - BA, Management Science and Information Systems Studies, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Management Science and Information Systems Studies at Trinity College DublinLeaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate, 615 Points, Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate, 615 Points at St. Fintan's High School, Sutton
English, Irish, French
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Github contributions (5)
connold9/15.458_FDSC
Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:31 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
connold9/LCA
Nov 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 comment in 16 days
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