Julian Vallyeason
Trader at The D. E. Shaw Group
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJulian Vallyeason is a New York City–based trader at D. E. Shaw with nine years of quantitative and macro-focused experience spanning commodities and global macro research. He combines a rigorous technical foundation—a dual ScB/AB in Chemical Engineering and Applied Math-Economics from Brown (4.0 GPA)—with hands-on engineering and data-analytics work from research labs and internships. Previous roles include proprietary trading internships, venture analysis, and data-driven projects at organizations like the World Resources Institute and Cigna, where he built novel trend and text-analysis models. As a co-founder of an agtech UAV startup, he applied sensors and imaging to real-world product development and field testing, reflecting an entrepreneurial bent that complements his trading career. He enjoys operating at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship and has a track record of translating academic research and prototyping into practical analytics and trading insights.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, ScB. Chemical Engineering, A.B. Applied Math-Economics, 4.0 / 4.0, Bachelor of Science - BS, ScB. Chemical Engineering, A.B. Applied Math-Economics, 4.0 / 4.0 at Brown University
English, French, ChineseGithub contributions (5)
jvallyea/jvallyea.github.io
Jul 2017 - Jan 2021
Contributions:166 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 5 months
jvallyea/card-games
Sep 2018 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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