Omede Firouz
Quantitative Researcher
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOmede Firouz is a quantitative researcher with 11 years of experience specializing in mid- and high-frequency trading, currently developing signals, ML models, and low-latency execution systems at Jump Trading in New York. He combines a strong software engineering foundation from Palantir and early ML work with rigorous operations research training from UC Berkeley and Stanford, enabling him to turn complex data into profitable trading strategies. Previously he built and managed a portfolio of futures strategies at Teza and has hands-on experience across market-making, latency optimization, and execution. Notably, his background spans both scientific research in solid-state physics and production software for analytics and games, reflecting an unusual blend of theory, engineering discipline, and product-oriented delivery.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bioengineering and Operations Research, Bachelor's Degree, Bioengineering and Operations Research at University of California, BerkeleyMaster's Degree, Management Science and Engineering, Operations Research, Master's Degree, Management Science and Engineering, Operations Research at Stanford University
Github Skills (15)
scala10
big-data10
spark10
sql10
python10
jdbc10
java10
r10
typescript9
apache-spark9
toolchain7
typescript-definitions6
dts6
llvm6
compiler5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oefirouz/spark
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:16 pushes, 3 branches in 23 days
apachebig-datasparkscalaapache-spark
oefirouz/network-art
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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