Helen Zhao
Quant Trading Associate
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHelen Zhao is a Quant Trading Associate with a strong quantitative foundation from Princeton University, studying Operations Research and Financial Engineering with certificates in Computer Science and Statistics & Machine Learning. She combines rigorous academic training with hands-on market experience from internships and a full-time role at Chicago Trading Company and a quant internship at Balyasny, applying statistical learning and trading systems to real-world strategies. At Princeton she led diligence for the student investment fund, demonstrating both leadership and a meticulous, data-driven approach to investment research. Her background grading computer science courses and participating in elite programs like Jane Street WiSE and SIG events reflects a rare blend of technical mentorship and trading intuition. Based in the Chicago area, she brings nine years of cumulative experience across research, trading, and product-focused roles while continuing to bridge academic methods with production trading environments.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma GPA: 4.8/4.0 (W/UW), High School Diploma GPA: 4.8/4.0 (W/UW) at Neuqua Valley High SchoolBachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (3)
react2
typescript1
frontend1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
helenzhao093/interactive-feature-selection
Sep 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:119 commits, 172 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 6 months
helenzhao093/spotify-music-quiz
Aug 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:32 PRs, 22 pushes, 43 branches in 2 years 5 months
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