Preston Yadegar
Software Engineer at Fifteenth
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolPreston Yadegar is a software engineer and entrepreneur with eight years of experience building trading systems, financial platforms, and research tooling from San Francisco. He co-founded and led a novel exchange that traded shareholder voting rights and scaled to roughly $1B AUM in its first year, and later served as founding SWE at an early-stage fintech. His background blends hands-on engineering (including Quantopian research tooling) with systematic macro investing and product leadership across equities, FX, commodities, and crypto. Currently completing a BA in Computer Science and Philosophy at Boston University, he combines technical depth with an interest in cryptography, quant finance, and decision theory informed by competitive chess. Known for moving quickly from prototype to regulated product, he thrives at the intersection of finance, markets, and software.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computer Science and Philosophy at Boston University
assyrian, French
Stackoverflow
121reputation
4kreached
5answers
0questions
Github Skills (19)
finance10
pythonic10
zipline10
backtesting-trading-strategies10
algorithmic-trading10
trading9
python9
trading-bot9
html6
react6
firefox6
google-oauth6
stripe-payments6
forloop6
firefox-addon6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
PrestonYadegar/PrestonYadegar.github.io
Feb 2022 - Aug 2024
Contributions:13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
PrestonYadegar/sicilian
Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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