Hi! I’m Richard, a Quantitative Technologist at Radix Trading in Chicago. Before that, I completed my BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley where I taught CS 70 for 7 semesters and lead a research group exploring federated learning, advised by James Demmel.
Radix Trading
Chicago, IL
Quantitative Technologist
August 2023 - Present
I work on the Trading Ops Team. Currently, I am writing alphas for our high-frequency trading strategies.
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The Voleon Group
Berkeley, CA
Software Engineer Intern
May 2022 - August 2022
I worked on the Infrastructure Engineering Team, where I developed APIs and created a dashboard to collect test metrics and identify flaky tests. I also profiled and analyzed Airflow DAGs to search for sources of slowdown in production jobs.
Python • Docker • Groovy • Elasticsearch • Kibana • Airflow
Amazon
Bellevue, WA
Software Development Engineer Intern
May 2021 - August 2021
I worked on the On-Road Execution Team, where I developed an internal debugging tool to rapidly retrieve transporter itineraries by transporter ID and time stamp.
Java • Typescript • AWS S3 • AWS Glue • AWS Kinesis • AWS CDK
CS 294-220 - Computational Learning Theory (Graduate)
EECS 127 - Optimization Models in Engineering
MATH 110 - Linear Algebra
I’m an avid hiker and backpacker and aspiring mountaineer and alpinist. I also enjoy art, cinema, literature, and working out.
My best times for solo completions of the Daily New York Times Crosswords using no checks or aids (e.g. Google search, dictionary):
Day | Time | Puzzle Publication Date |
---|---|---|
Monday | 6:35 | April 24, 2023 |
Tuesday | 18:22 | February 15, 2022 |
Wednesday | 20:26 | November 16, 2022 |
Thursday | ❌ | ❌ |
Friday | ❌ | ❌ |
Saturday | ❌ | ❌ |