Summary
Ernest Daraska is a Senior Quant Developer based in London with 8 years of hands-on experience building quantitative and data-driven solutions across banking and risk firms. He combines a strong technical stack — Python, SQL, VBA and C++ — with formal risk credentials as a Certified FRM and an MBA, enabling him to bridge quantitative modelling, production engineering and business strategy. His career spans roles from trading and execution to data science and product ownership at institutions including HSBC, FDM Group and Finasta, giving him deep domain knowledge in market structure, regulation and trade execution workflows. At Riskcare he focuses on delivering robust quant systems for risk management, leveraging both low-latency code and data engineering practices. An understated strength is his multi-decade progression from sales/trading into technical leadership, which gives him rare fluency in both client-facing risk needs and software delivery.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at EDHEC Business School
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Vilniaus universitetas / Vilnius University
English, Russian, Lithuanian