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Computer science at Northeastern University

Ashwin Iyer

I build software and explore financial markets. A computer science student in Boston, working across Python, Java, and TypeScript.

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Work Experience

  • BlackRock Logo

    BlackRock

    Global Capital Markets - Trading

    Incoming Summer 2027 Analyst
  • Wellington Management Logo

    Wellington Management

    Global Risk and Analytics Co-op

    Spring 2026 Co-op
  • Zeal IT Consultants Logo

    Zeal IT Consultants

    Frontend Developer Intern

    May 2025 - August 2025

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Northeastern

Northeastern University

Computer science · Boston, MA

More about me

Selected projects

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Portfolio risk

Equity factor risk model

Models S&P 500 equity risk with 11 sector and four style factors, combining covariance estimation with portfolio risk attribution.

Python / Factor models / RiskGitHub
Derivatives research

Event-driven equity volatility

NUSA team research into implied-volatility pricing around earnings and macro events, using historical options data and walk-forward straddle backtests.

Options / Volatility / BacktestingGitHub
Applied machine learning

NUCoop

A browser extension that ranks co-op listings against a résumé, combining explainable skill matching with an on-device semantic model.

Semantic matching / ONNXLive app

Skills

  • Python

    Python

    8 years

  • Java

    Java

    6 years

  • Kotlin

    Kotlin

    2 years

  • C++

    C++

    4 years

  • JavaScript

    JavaScript

    5 years

  • React

    ReactJS

    4 years

  • Next.js

    NextJS

    2 years

  • PostgreSQL

    PostgreSQL

    3 years

  • Git

    Git

    6 years

  • Heroku

    Heroku

    3 years

Research

NUSA · Spring 2026

Equity Volatility Project

Read the research presentation.

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Projects & explorations

01 / 05

Financial Derivatives in Alternative Markets (Polymarket)

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Writing

Books

My favorite books and books I plan to read.

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My coding journey

How I started coding and my favorite resources.

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School

My experience from high school to the beginning of college.

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Stocks and Investing

My investing strategy and what got me into investing.

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Now

A look beyond the code: activity from my Oura ring and positions on Kalshi. These widgets show the latest available data from each service.

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Let’s connect

Have a project in mind, a question, or an interesting idea? I’d love to hear from you.

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