Guangchao Zheng
Quantitative Researcher & Algorithmic Trader
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolGuangchao Zheng is a quantitative researcher and algorithmic trader with a decade of experience bridging finance and software engineering, currently trading macro derivatives at Two Sigma. He holds MS degrees in Computer Science and Financial Engineering and has built systematic fixed income pipelines, interest-rate derivatives systems, and AR recommendation models at firms including AQR, Morgan Stanley and Meta. Proficient in Java, C++, C#, Scala, Python, R, MATLAB and SQL, he combines production-grade engineering with model research and rigorous back-testing. A CFA candidate who passed all levels, he pairs quantitative rigor with hands-on implementation—often translating research into low-latency trading and reporting systems. An early career focus on product design and automation also explains his knack for improving operational throughput and reproducibility across complex workflows.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
CFA InstituteMENG, Financial Engineering, MENG, Financial Engineering at Cornell UniversityBachelor, Software Engineering, Bachelor, Software Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Github Skills (26)
python10
acceleration10
machine-learning10
numpy10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
gpu10
autograd10
neural-network10
tensor10
gpu-acceleration10
points7
quantitative-finance6
quantlib5
c-library5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
superzgc/zipline
Apr 2016 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 push in 8 years 11 months
algorithmic-trading-librarypythonalgorithmic-tradingtrading-bottrading
superzgc/CodeStorage
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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