ritik bhilware
ritik bhilware

Data Scientist

Actively looking · Member since 5 Oct 2026
Location
New York, United States
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time
Experience level
Mid

About

Professional summary

I am a data scientist and quantitative researcher specializing in systematic trading, financial analytics, and alternative data. I hold an M.S. in Financial Mathematics with a Data Science concentration from the University of Chicago.

In my current role at Boerboel Trading, I build risk decomposition systems, conduct systematic backtests, and develop revenue-nowcasting models for equity research. My work combines market data, credit-card transaction data, Python pricing models, and trading workflows.

I have experience developing quantitative investment strategies and machine-learning models across equities and fixed income. I have worked with alternative datasets, modeled transaction costs and risk-adjusted returns, and built models for illiquid corporate-bond pricing.

My technical background includes Python, SQL, R, C++, Excel/VBA, Bloomberg Terminal, Git, and machine-learning libraries such as NumPy, Polars, scikit-learn, and Matplotlib. I am particularly interested in quantitative research, portfolio risk, asset pricing, and financial modeling.

Before moving into quantitative finance, I worked in healthcare strategy at EY Parthenon, where I performed financial modeling, competitive benchmarking, and market research. This experience strengthened my ability to translate analytical findings into commercial and strategic decisions.

I am also an independent equity researcher with experience creating long theses, DCF valuations, peer-comparison analyses, scenario models, and investment-risk assessments. I enjoy applying rigorous data-driven analysis to investment and trading problems.

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Data Scientist Boerboel Trading

Built a multi-factor risk decomposition engine for a $15M GMV emerging-markets ETF-versus-futures strategy, providing real-time country and sector exposure across the portfolio.

Conduct systematic backtests to assess signal quality, model transaction costs, and calculate risk-adjusted returns before trade deployment. Built a consumer-discretionary equity revenue-nowcasting model using credit-card transaction data and created real-time Excel/VBA dashboards integrated with Bloomberg API and Python pricing models for live P&L tracking and intraday mispricing alerts.

Quant Research Intern, Alternative Data Signals (Part-Time) CloudQuant

Built a long-only equity strategy using the DTCC Equity Daily Kinetics alternative dataset to generate trading signals.

The strategy outperformed SPY by 2% over a 12-month period and achieved a Sharpe ratio of 1.2.

Quantitative Researcher, Fixed Income Analytics (Internship) Neuberger Berman

Developed machine-learning models, including Random Forest and PCA, to impute missing pricing data for illiquid corporate bonds.

Achieved 88% prediction accuracy, enabling traders to identify potential value dislocations in over-the-counter markets.

Associate, Healthcare Strategy EY Parthenon

Built financial models and conducted competitive benchmarking for a listed healthcare company, analyzing P&Ls, balance sheets, and unit economics.

Performed market research on pricing and cost inefficiencies that informed a strategic pricing reset, contributing to 2% EBITDA growth without volume loss.

Research Assistant Chicago Booth School of Business

Researched risk-shifting behavior among private-equity managers.

Modeled carried interest as a call option and demonstrated how its convex payoff can incentivize risk-shifting into inefficient regions of the efficient frontier, where additional risk is taken without sufficient expected return.

Independent Equity Researcher Self-Directed Equity Research

Produced an independent long thesis on Haemonetics Corp. following a valuation de-rating associated with two one-time portfolio exits and despite rising forward EPS estimates.

Valued the company through bear, base, and bull scenarios using DCF and peer-comparison methods, and outlined catalysts, position sizing, and key investment risks.

Education

Learning history

University of Chicago (UChicago)

Master of Science, Financial Mathematics, concentration in Data Science

GPA: 3.9/4.0. Maroon Scholar. Coursework included Portfolio Theory, Risk Management, Option Pricing, Machine Learning in Finance, C++ for Finance, Fixed Income Derivatives, and Time Series Analysis.

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M)

Bachelor of Technology, Materials Engineering

GPA: 3.8/4.0. Coursework included Probability Theory, Mathematical Finance, Data Structures and Algorithms, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Multivariable Calculus. Ranked in the top 2.3% in JEE Advanced 2017 and top 0.8% in JEE Mains 2017.

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