Ketevan Tsimakuridze

Ketevan Tsimakuridze is a software engineer at Citadel Securities (Market Data) and a computer science student at MIT, originally from Tbilisi, Georgia. She was a Silver medalist for Georgia at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2022 and finished first place at the European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) 2022. She attended Komarovi Campus School in Tbilisi before MIT. Her professional experience is concentrated at Citadel Securities, a quantitative market-making firm, moving from a 2025 software engineering internship (Options Tech) into a 2026- full-time engineering role.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Index-sourced roles show a 2025 Citadel Securities Software Engineer Intern (Options Tech, New York) followed by a 2026- full-time Software Engineer (Market Data) role. Citadel Securities is a quantitative electronic market-making firm, and an engineering internship plus full-time seat are actual roles, not student programs. Identity supported by cross-signals (exact name, MIT/CS, Georgia IOI+EGOI profile). Caveat: both roles are index-derived, not independently corroborated by a primary Citadel source.
• Citadel Securities Software Engineer, Market Data, New York, dated 2026-; progression from the 2025 internship into a full-time engineering role at the same quant market maker. Index-sourced, not separately primary-confirmed.2026
• Citadel Securities Software Engineer Intern, Options Tech, New York, 2025 - quantitative market-making firm; a hands-on internship, not a student/insight program. Index-sourced.2025
• Finished first place at the European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) 2022.Oct 2022
• IOI 2022 (Georgia delegation) Silver medalist; IOI stats profile lists the medal, delegation and tasks solved, confirming a high-school-era competitive identity.Aug 2022
• Enrolled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (LinkedIn headline 'CS @ MIT'); prior schooling at Komarovi Campus School, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• EGOI 2023 interview at age 17 while still at Komarovi public school (maths/physics focus): learned Pascal in 6th grade, moved to C++ via Mziuri center, joined the Georgian national team in 2022.May 2023
• Codeforces handle keta_tsimakuridze, International Master (max rating ~2316), listed under Tbilisi/Georgia and organization MIT. Index/aggregator, not primary confirmation.