Oluwaferanmi Omidiran in a dark suit and tie

OLUWAFERANMI A. OMIDIRAN

Quantitative researcher. First author. Production-minded builder.

I investigate market questions through code, careful measurement, and explicit validation. My work spans volatility forecasting, systematic strategy testing, trading operations, production data systems, software engineering, and causal-inference research.

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01 / QUANTITATIVE FOCUS

Research, trading, development, and model validation.

I am pursuing quantitative research, quantitative trading, and quantitative development opportunities, with additional fit across model validation, risk analytics, trading operations, market data, and research engineering.

Quantitative ResearcherQuantitative TraderQuantitative DeveloperQuantitative AnalystModel ValidationRisk AnalyticsTrading OperationsMarket Data & Research Engineering

Interested in quantitative teams across proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, asset managers, banks, and financial-technology companies.

02 / EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY–NEW BRUNSWICK

Mechanical Engineering + Quantitative Economics

B.S. Mechanical Engineering · Minor in Quantitative Economics · August 2024

3.84GPA

SummaCum Laude

4 yearsDean’s List

CURRENTLinear Algebra

UCLA Extension · Sep–Nov 2026

EXPECTED JAN 2027C++ for Financial Engineering

Baruch College / QuantNet

CERTIFIED APR 2026Bloomberg Market Concepts

Bloomberg

EXPECTED SEP 2026CS50P: Programming with Python

Harvard University via edX

03 / WORKING TOOLKIT

QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

Backtesting · Time series · Volatility forecasting · Model validation · RMSE · Sensitivity analysis · Regime analysis · P&L

DATA

Python · pandas · NumPy · SciPy · SQL · PostgreSQL · Excel · MATLAB · JupyterLab · ETL · Reconciliation

SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS

TypeScript · React · Node.js · Express · REST APIs · Git · GitHub · Bash · Drizzle ORM · Testing · Production monitoring

RESEARCH & OPERATIONS

Research design · Evidence synthesis · Technical program leadership · Root-cause analysis · Data quality · Process controls

04 / EXPERIENCE

2026

Quantitative research and production systems

Built the Equity Volatility Research Pipeline, Trading Operations Monitor, and JobX.OS production platform.

2025

Data controls at scale

Built SQL and ETL workflows across five production systems supporting more than 60,000 accounts and 390+ resolved data-integrity exceptions.

2023–2024

Research leadership and experimental systems

Led multidisciplinary genomics research to a first-author Wiley publication and built embedded experimental data-acquisition tooling.

2020–2024

Engineering and quantitative foundation

Completed mechanical engineering and quantitative economics training with 3.84 GPA and Summa Cum Laude honors.

CONTACT

Open to quantitative research, trading, development, and model-validation work.

olu.omidiran@gmail.com GitHub ↗LinkedIn ↗

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