Ivan Afonichkin

Ivan Afonichkin is a Lead Quantitative Developer at WorldQuant, with previous experience as a Senior Quantitative Developer and Quantitative Developer. Prior to WorldQuant, Ivan worked as a Software Engineer at TransferWise, specializing in Machine Learning and Analytics platforms, achieving significant reductions in data replication lag. Ivan's earlier roles include positions as a Machine Learning Engineer at Agent IQ and Research Assistant at Aalto University, focusing on transparency in Machine Learning. Previous internships at JetBrains and Yandex involved software engineering tasks, including plugin development and contributions to crowdsourcing platforms. Ivan holds a Master's degree in Machine Learning and Data Mining and Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Aalto University and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, respectively.