Zohar Kol
Quantitative Trader & Algorithmic Trading Specialist
Israel
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Top SchoolZohar Kol is a quantitative trader and algorithmic trading specialist with deep roots in high-frequency trading and a strong background in cryptographic software development. He leverages 15 years of HFT experience and prior work on FIPS/EMV-compliant signature systems to build data-driven, ML-enhanced trading strategies as a self-employed practitioner. Technically fluent in performance-oriented C/C++ on Linux, cluster orchestration, and deployment tooling from his long tenure at Final Israel, he blends low-latency systems thinking with quantitative modeling. Based in Israel, he combines practical production engineering skills with research-minded experimentation, often translating cryptography and AI techniques into novel trading methodologies. An eye for compliance and robustness underpins his approach, making him equally comfortable optimizing infrastructure and iterating on strategy performance.
6 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Github Skills (32)
lightning10
wallet10
lightning-network10
peer-to-peer10
bitcoin10
trading-bot10
cryptocurrency10
cryptography10
blockchain10
telegram-bot10
daemon10
algorithmic-trading10
trading9
python9
cryptocurrencies9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
final-israel/os_task_scheduler
Apr 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 3 months
final-israel/htcondor
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
HTCondor source repository, formerly the Condor Project
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
htcondor
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