Kostadin Kalinov
Research Analyst, Equity L S at Point72
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKostadin Kalinov is a research analyst specializing in long/short equity at Point72 with 11 years of engineering and quantitative experience in financial markets. He transitioned from building alpha-generation tooling as a Quant Developer at BlackRock to applying that technical rigor to fundamental and event-driven equity research. Trained as a software engineer at the University of Edinburgh and with early system programming certification, he blends production-grade software skills with deep quantitative thinking. Based in the UK, he is comfortable navigating both model development and hands-on research workflows that connect data, code, and investment insight. Colleagues describe him as the kind of analyst who can prototype analytics end-to-end—turning a trading idea into reproducible signals and reliable infrastructure. His background suggests a pragmatic balance of engineering discipline and market intuition that accelerates idea discovery and execution.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Software Engineering at The University of EdinburghHigh School + Professional certification, System Programming, 5.90, High School + Professional certification, System Programming, 5.90 at High School of Mathematics “Acad. Kiril Popov”
English, BulgarianGithub contributions (4)
kostadinkalinov/dmsa
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
kostadinkalinov/Distributed-Meeting-Scheduling-Application
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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