Summary
Hugo Reeves is a quantitative trader and software engineer based in New Zealand with a decade of hands-on experience blending trading strategies and engineering. After internships and software roles at Spark, Kernel, M2X and a trading internship at Optiver, he progressed to a full-time Quantitative Trader role at Optiver, pairing low-latency systems thinking with market microstructure expertise. He’s led UC Crypto Soc as president and advised tech initiatives at Lads Without Labels, reflecting a knack for translating technical ideas into community-driven projects. Trained in computer software engineering at the University of Canterbury, Hugo brings a pragmatic, product-minded approach to algorithmic trading and a background in student-driven open collaboration that often surfaces unconventional, research-informed trading insights.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Software Engineering at University of Canterbury
CIE, CIE at King's College, Auckland