Jia Yi
Quantitative Trader
Beijing, China
Summary
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Top SchoolJia Yi is a quantitative trader at Jane Street with eight years of experience applying statistical rigor to market microstructure and alpha research. A Peking University statistics graduate who has also spent time at Harvard, Jia has blended academic research—studying mutual fund market efficiency—with hands-on trading roles including internships at Citadel Securities and an earlier stint at Jane Street. Comfortable moving between research and execution, Jia focuses on index arbitrage and systematic strategies informed by deep data analysis. Based in Beijing, they bring a disciplined, research-first approach and a literary bent hinted at by a succinct GitHub motto, suggesting a preference for selective collaboration and focused work.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Middle School Diploma, Middle School Diploma at The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of ChinaBachelor's degree, Statistics, Bachelor's degree, Statistics at Peking UniversityBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Harvard University
Github Skills (200)
parser10
python10
parser-combinators10
esoteric-language10
proxy10
image-to-text10
pdf-document10
vpn10
peg10
editor10
latex10
ai10
deepl10
context-free-grammar10
chatbot10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
Wybxc/Wybxc
Jul 2021 - Jan 2026
Contributions:505 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 4 years 6 months
Wybxc/FgoHelper
Dec 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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