Ashwin Iyer.
I build software and explore the systems behind financial markets.
A computer science student in Boston, working across Python, Java, and TypeScript.
Where I’ve been
BlackRock
Global Capital Markets - Trading
Incoming Summer 2027 Analyst
Wellington Management
Global Risk and Analytics Co-opEquity, Equity Alternatives, and Multi-Asset Portfolios
Spring 2026 Co-op
Zeal IT Consultants
Software Engineering InternTrinity Industries Asset Management System
May 2025 - August 2025
Selected work
From understanding risk to building something useful.
Equity factor risk model
Models S&P 500 equity risk with 11 sector and four style factors, combining covariance estimation with portfolio risk attribution.
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.
NUCoop
A browser extension that ranks co-op listings against a résumé, combining explainable skill matching with an on-device semantic model.
My toolkit
Python
8 years
Java
6 years
Kotlin
2 years
C++
4 years
JavaScript
5 years
ReactJS
4 years
NextJS
2 years
PostgreSQL
3 years
Git
6 years
Heroku
3 years
Research
A few more explorations
Notes & interests
A little of what I’m learning, reading, and thinking about.
Away from the editor
A look beyond the code: activity from my Oura ring and positions on Kalshi. These widgets show the latest available data from each service.
Oura Stats
Heart rate shows the last 24 hours. Other charts follow the selected range.
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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.