David Kum
Algo Trading at Wintermute
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Kum is an algo trading engineer based in Singapore with nine years of experience blending quant research, data engineering and full-stack software development across San Francisco and Singapore. He has shipped production trading systems at Wintermute and built infrastructure and applications at AlphaLab Capital and Elevate Security, pairing strong theoretical and algorithmic skills with pragmatic implementation. Comfortable working across QA, data analysis, customer success and business development, he excels at translating complex technical requirements into reliable, cross-functional solutions. A quick learner and team player, he brings competitive problem-solving pedigree from CTF championships and research stints, and an uncommon background as a trained astronomy/astrophysics coach and accomplished marksman. He also pursues mathematical creativity outside work as a self-described "mathemusician," combining analytical rigor with inventive thinking.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Student Exchange Programme Computer Science, Student Exchange Programme Computer Science at University of TorontoHigh School Mathematics, High School Mathematics at NUS High School of Mathematics & ScienceBachelor of Computing (Honours) Computer Science, Bachelor of Computing (Honours) Computer Science at National University of SingaporeFelix Klein Gymnasium, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, GermanyNOC Silicon Valley Batch 35, NOC Silicon Valley Batch 35 at NUS Overseas CollegesStanford Centre for Professional Development Computer Science, Stanford Centre for Professional Development Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Chinese, Japanese
Github Skills (2)
address-book3
java3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
CS2103-AY1819S1-F10-2/main
Sep 2018 - Feb 2023
Loanbook: Loan efficiently
Contributions:37 PRs, 53 pushes, 34 branches in 4 years 5 months
loan
prokarius/Reverse-Engineering-Workshop-Sprout-2018-
May 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes in 6 months
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