Ikumi Shimizu
JPY Short Term Rates Trading
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolIkumi Shimizu is a macro-focused trader specializing in JPY short-term rates with 12 years of experience bridging mathematics, software engineering, and finance. After early software engineering experience at Dwango and competitive programming accolades (IOI 2018 Bronze), Ikumi transitioned into quantitative and discretionary research roles, including equity research and internships at leading asset managers. Currently at BNP Paribas, she applies rigorous mathematical thinking and coding fluency to trading and risk decisions, informed by prior stints at Capula and 3D Investment Partners. Her academic path—starting with mathematics studies at UC Santa Barbara and completing a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Tokyo—reflects a rare blend of formal math training and finance specialization. Based in Tokyo, she brings both technical depth and market intuition, often leveraging security/CTF skills noted on GitHub to approach trading problems creatively. Colleagues describe her as a practitioner who turns abstract quantitative ideas into actionable trading strategies.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of TokyoShibuya Junior and Senior High SchoolMathematics, B.A. Honors (unfinished), Mathematics, B.A. Honors (unfinished) at UC Santa Barbara
English, Japanese
Github Skills (40)
hackmd10
markdown10
twitter-bootstrap10
realtime10
object-oriented-programming10
rails-gem10
functional-programming10
collaboration10
scala-native9
bootstrap9
twitter9
jvm-languages9
scala9
react9
asset-pipeline9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
scryptos/scryptos.github.io
Jan 2015 - Apr 2023
Contributions:24 pushes in 8 years 5 months
193s/margn
Apr 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:55 commits, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
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