Johan M Kartiwa

Software engineer at Google Research (Senior Software Engineer); previously a Technology Analyst at Alphadyne Asset Management, a $10B+ fixed income relative-value and macro hedge fund. Background spans software consulting and banking technology (Avanade, Commerzbank) plus financial engineering training (NUS MSc). Indonesian IOI 2000 bronze medalist.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. A supported identity (unique IOI 2000/2001 Indonesian contestant name matching the LinkedIn profile's Indonesian origin and Singapore/NTU/NUS path) plus an actual role, Technology Analyst at Alphadyne Asset Management (Singapore, 2012-2013), an employer confirmed to operate in quantitative/systematic fixed income markets ($10B+ relative-value and macro fund). Commerzbank appears as a bank, but the role there was software, not front-office quant, and the only finance-adjacent training is the NUS MSc Financial Engineering; the Alphadyne role nevertheless satisfies the CONFIRMED bar. Caveat: the Alphadyne role rests on the LinkedIn/enrichment index record, which is not independent primary-source confirmation.Sep 2026
• Alphadyne Asset Management is a confirmed quantitative/systematic finance employer: described as trading rates, FX and credit using quantitative and fundamental approaches and a systematic approach to relative-value opportunities, with typical roles being Quantitative Researcher, Software Engineer, Trader and Risk Analyst.Jan 2024
• Technology Analyst at Alphadyne Asset Management, Singapore (2012-2013), a $10B+ fixed income relative-value and macro hedge fund (multi-strategy, founded 2005, offices New York/London/Singapore).Feb 2012
• Identified as the Indonesian IOI contestant Johan Mustika Kartiwa: IOI 2000 bronze (rank 129/278, score 250) and IOI 2001 competitor, school SMAK 1 BPK PENABUR Bandung; the name is unique and the linkedin.com/in/johanmk engineering career is consistent with a top Indonesian informatics olympian.Sep 2000
• Co-author of Google's 'An AI system to help scientists write expert-level empirical software' (arXiv 2509.06503; Nature s41586-026-10658-6), confirming an active research-engineering output at Google Research.Sep 2025
• At Google he is a Senior Software Engineer in Research, with the role narrative reading '2019-2024: Research (Health)' and '2024-present: Research (Science) - Leveraged AI with LLMs and Multimodal models to accelerate scientific research'.Jan 2024
• Career arc: Avanade solution-developer consultant (Singapore, 2005-2008) -> Commerzbank AG software specialist (2008-2012) -> Alphadyne hedge fund technology analyst (2012-2013) -> Google (2014-present). The finance detour ends in 2013 and all subsequent roles are at Google.Jan 2014
• BEng Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (2001-2005) immediately after the IOI years, then an MSc in Financial Engineering at the National University of Singapore (2009-2011) - the finance master's sits between the Commerzbank software role and the Alphadyne hedge-fund role.Jun 2011
• IOI record: bronze medal at IOI 2000 (score 250, abs rank 129/278) and a further appearance at IOI 2001; the medal table itself states only year, score, rank and award.Sep 2001
• Employer history and education here rest on the LinkedIn enrichment/index record, not an independent primary-source page; treat the dated roles and degrees as index-only until separately corroborated.Sep 2026