Christian Cheng

1°21'52"N 103°59'29"E

I love solving problems, figuring out how things work, and finding ways to make them better.

Education

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[MELBOURNE]

Swinburne University of Technology

Bachelor of Computer Science, Major in Software Development

  • Relevant Study: Data Structures & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Database Systems, Cloud Computing, Software Architecture, Machine Learning, Linear Algebra, Probability & Statistics, Calculus
  • President of Swinburne Quantitative Trading Club; Selected SummerTech LIVE Participant

Experience

— PRESENT

[SINGAPORE]

Grasshopper Asset Management

Quantitative Developer/Researcher

  • Researched and improved a systematic execution strategy across gold contracts on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, analyzing market microstructure, liquidity conditions, and signal behaviour to increase execution savings relative to VWAP from 2.6 bps in FY25 to 7.7 bps in FY26 across 34 tonnes of gold
  • Assumed primary responsibility for the desk following team restructuring, overseeing live strategy operations, monitoring strategy performance, maintaining trading controls, and responding to operational and execution issues
  • Built, maintained, and continuously evolved the desk’s production trading infrastructure, improving market data and order connectivity, execution controls, monitoring dashboards, and data pipelines while substantially reducing latency and improving system reliability
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Trading Developer Intern

  • Built a real-time, Docker-based IBKR monitoring and logging system that replaced end-of-day reconciliation, providing traders with live visibility into positions, fills, and pending orders across multiple accounts
  • Worked directly with the Head of Trading to develop an execution tool for scheduling MOC orders in index arbitrage workflows, reducing manual errors and improving the reliability and efficiency of market-close execution
  • Analyzed 200+ TSE equities to identify stable intraday relationships with Nikkei and TOPIX futures, evaluating divergence behaviour and relative-value opportunities for intraday pairs trading research
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[MELBOURNE]

ECAL

AI Software Engineer Intern

  • Developed a Go-based REST API integrating Azure AI for multilingual translation of structured calendar data, preserving event formatting, links, and contextual consistency across languages
  • Designed a NER-based placeholder pipeline to detect and mask named entities, numbers, and URLs before translation and restore them afterward, improving translation accuracy by 95% and reducing token usage by 25%
  • Contributed to a localization rollout enabling 18% of new Premier League digital calendar subscribers to access content in their native language
[ < 2023 ]

[SINGAPORE] [MELBOURNE]

Prior Roles

Software Engineer Intern, Kitchen Staff, Waiter, Admin Support Assistant

Projects

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— PRESENT

[IN DEVELOPMENT]

Lychee Automation

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[ARCHIVED]

Sports Betting Research

  • Researched horse racing, soccer, AFL, and NRL markets, executing an average of 500 bets per month using cross-bookie arbitrage, positive-EV mispricing analysis, matched betting, and hedging strategies, achieving an approximate 48% return on investment over six months
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[ARCHIVED]

The Sneaker Bakery (B2C E-Commerce)

  • Developed scalable, high-performance automation tools and bots in Python and JavaScript for high-demand online releases of limited-release sneakers, streetwear, and collectibles, improving workflow reliability and consistency
  • Conducted data-driven market research and pre-release modeling, including stock-level analysis, demand forecasting, pricing analysis, and risk assessment to evaluate profitability and optimize sourcing decisions
  • Managed inventory, pricing, sales, and capital allocation across the business, redeploying capital toward higher-return opportunities while scaling operations to $250K+ in sales, 45% YoY growth, and 30% profit margin

Contact

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Email christiancheng15@gmail.com [.LINK]
GitHub github.com/christiancheng15 [.LINK]
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/christian-cheng [.LINK]
Resume

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