Yingke Y is a Macro Desk Strategist and front-office developer with eight years of experience building quantitative tools for macro and equity trading desks at firms including Balyasny, Millennium, and Société Générale. He combines a Columbia MA in Mathematics of Finance with hands-on programming in Python, C/C++, C#, Excel and Bloomberg to deliver production-ready analytics and low-latency desk tooling. A fast learner with passed SOA FM and CFA Level III candidacy, he blends rigorous risk and derivatives knowledge with practical implementation across front office workflows. His background includes teaching numerical methods in finance and internships spanning quantitative research, risk, and data analysis, reflecting both academic depth and broad market exposure. Based in New York, he’s comfortable translating complex quantitative models into robust trading infrastructure that traders can use in real time.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Insurance, Master’s Degree Insurance at Renmin University of China
Master of Arts - MA Mathematics of Finance, Master of Arts - MA Mathematics of Finance at Columbia University
Erasmus Exchange Student Social Sciences, Erasmus Exchange Student Social Sciences at University of Lapland
Bachelor’s Degree Risk Management Minor in Finance, Bachelor’s Degree Risk Management Minor in Finance at Zhejiang University
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