Xander Naumenko
Quantitative Trader
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXander Naumenko is a quantitative trader at Jane Street with six years of cross-disciplinary experience applying software engineering and physics-driven problem solving to high-stakes systems. He progressed from a research-heavy background—searching for the neutron electric dipole moment at TRIUMF and leading avionics for a space-bound UBC Rocket—to building production ML and control software during an Autopilot internship at Tesla. Comfortable across research, hardware, and full-stack software, he’s shipped embedded systems for medical devices and implemented an inventive RISC-V computer inside Terraria that required custom Python server integrations. At Jane Street he quickly moved from intern to trader, blending statistical curiosity with pragmatic engineering to identify which numbers go up or down. Based in New York, he brings a hands-on maker mindset to quantitative markets, often translating experimental prototypes into reliable, automated workflows.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Engineering Physics, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Engineering Physics at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (19)
python10
risc-v10
terra10
pexpect9
rust9
logic8
gate8
digital-logic8
logical8
binary-logic8
boolean-logic8
scripting7
script7
sh7
shell7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
misprit7/computerraria
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
A fully compliant RISC-V computer made inside the game Terraria
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 62 commits, 37 PRs in 27 days
Contributions summary:Xander contributed significantly to the development of a RISC-V computer implemented within the game Terraria. Their work included adding functionality to interface with a Terraria server via a Python module. This involved writing scripts and modules to read and write data, as well as manage the server's execution and configuration. They also added and modified scripts and configuration files.
logic-gatesrisc-vriscvterrariaterraria-mod
UBC-Rocket/Whistler-Blackcomb-v2
Sep 2020 - Mar 2022
Flight computer firmware for Whistler Blackcomb rocket.
Contributions:5 reviews, 175 commits, 36 PRs in 1 year 6 months
flightrocketfirmwareflight-computer
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