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Eduard Kechedzhiev

Quantitative Developer & Systems Programmer

Building quantitative trading systems and performance-critical applications. Focused on machine learning, systems programming, and financial modeling.

About Me

Who I Am

2A Mathematical Finance student at University of Waterloo. I build systems that turn data into decisions—mostly around markets, optimization, and pattern recognition.

What I'm Looking For

  • Co-op positions in quantitative research, data science, or financial engineering
  • Opportunities to build things that matter
  • Teams where I can learn from experienced practitioners

Location

Waterloo, ON

Current Focus

Risk management systems and ML for financial markets

Tech Stack

PythonRustCPyTorchTransformersOpenGLPandasNumPy

Featured Projects

portfolio_optimizer

portfolio_optimizer

Portfolio optimization using Modern Portfolio Theory with historical data analysis

PythonPandasNumPy
trends

trends

ML model for market regime classification with 71% OOS accuracy

PythonPyTorchTransformers
trading_strat

trading_strat

Advanced backtesting framework with interactive visualizations

PythonPandas
chess_engine

chess_engine

High-performance chess engine built with Rust and OpenGL rendering

RustOpenGL
dwl

dwl

Customized fork of dwl Wayland window manager

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Get in Touch

Feel free to reach out for collaborations, opportunities, or just to connect