Nicola Bernini
Sr. Software Engineer - Quantitative
Oregon, Italy
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Top SchoolNicola Bernini is a senior software engineer and quantitative developer with over a decade of experience building low-latency systems, ML-driven perception stacks, and DeFi protocols. He combines a PhD in applied machine learning and a background in theoretical physics with hands-on expertise in C/C++ (11/14), Python, Scala, Solidity and systems-level engineering for embedded and distributed platforms. His recent work spans quantitative DeFi strategy development, core protocol engineering for stablecoins and DEXs, and stat-arb trading infrastructure, while earlier roles delivered perception and autonomy software at Ambarella, Zipline and Uber. Nicola is an active open-source and research contributor—publishing on reinforcement learning and maintaining repositories with multi-language programming challenges and data-science experiments. Based in Oregon with roots in Italy, he also contributes to math and physics communities online and writes technical articles demystifying ML topics. A practical polyglot engineer, he uniquely blends algorithmic research, production-grade systems coding, and financial engineering.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
University of MilanDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, Autonomous Cars, SLAM, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, Autonomous Cars, SLAM at Università degli Studi di ParmaMaturità Scientifica, Maturità Scientifica, Maturità Scientifica, Maturità Scientifica at Liceo Scientifico
Italian, English, German, French, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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317reached
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Github Skills (61)
summaries10
code-snippets9
python9
physics9
cpp8
theorem-proving8
deep-learning8
blockchain8
tensorflow8
machine-learning8
data-science8
api-client7
markdown7
solidity7
neural-network7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
NicolaBernini/BlockchainAnalysis
Dec 2018 - Jun 2021
Analysis of Blockchain related Stuff
Contributions:120 commits, 12 PRs, 118 pushes in 2 years 6 months
blockchain
NicolaBernini/Test
May 2015 - Aug 2020
Test Repo for some experiments
Contributions:4 PRs, 22 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years 3 months
testingtest-repo
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