Konrad Paluszek

Konrad Paluszek is a Polish software engineer and quantitative researcher based in Warsaw. He represented Poland twice at the International Mathematical Olympiad (2013, 2015) and won a silver medal at IOI 2015, then studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Warsaw, where he was part of the ICPC team that won CERC 2018 and placed 4th at the 2019 ICPC World Finals. His industry career runs from software development roles at Samsung, Gemius and Cosmose to Software Engineer at Google Warsaw (2024-2025), and since 2025 a Quantitative Research Analyst at Second Foundation, a Prague-based proprietary energy-trading firm. Career details are drawn from LinkedIn-index enrichment unless otherwise cited.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Two independent source families support a genuine role at a quantitative employer: (1) the LinkedIn-index enrichment of Konrad Paluszek (linkedin.com/in/konrad-paluszek-831b64249, Warsaw) returns 'Quantitative Research Analyst at Second Foundation', 2025-present, as the current role; (2) Second Foundation itself is confirmed to run algorithmic/proprietary energy trading, not merely carrying a 'quant' name: its own site (second-foundation.eu) states it uses 'advanced machine learning' to build 'market-leading trading strategies', its company profile describes 'manual and algorithmic trading of energy commodities across 25+ European markets', and its US arm (second-foundation.us.com) is 'licensed to trade physical and financial power'. The company is classified as a quantitative/proprietary trading firm specialising in power (electricity/gas) and battery-storage markets - i.e. an energy-trading quant shop, which the brief counts as quantitative finance. Identity is supported: the same LinkedIn profile is returned by structured people search for 'Konrad Paluszek' with title Quantitative Research Analyst and company Second Foundation, matching the Olympiad subject (IOI 2015 silver medallist, University of Warsaw). CAVEAT: the 2025-present role and the earlier Google Software Engineer role (2024-2025) are known only from LinkedIn-index enrichment (an aggregator), not from an independent primary announcement; no dated start beyond year is independently confirmed.2025
• Career path is software-first then quantitative finance: Junior Software Developer at Samsung Electronics (2017, C++), Software Developer Internship at Gemius (2018, C++ backend), Junior Software Developer at Cosmose Inc. (2022-2023, SQL/Python backend data), Software Engineer at Google Warsaw (2024-2025), then Quantitative Research Analyst at Second Foundation (2025-); all from LinkedIn-index enrichment, dated to year granularity only.2025
• Second Foundation is a Prague-based quantitative/proprietary energy trading firm: it trades power and gas across 25+ European markets, runs manual and algorithmic strategies, and operates asset-backed storage; by Aug 2025 it reported operating in 30 markets, managing 2+ GW of renewable resources and 380 MW of resilient assets, following its acquisition of a 60 MWh battery-storage project in Finland.Aug 22, 2025
• Placed 4th with a gold medal at the 2019 ICPC World Finals as part of the University of Warsaw team (Boguta, Paluszek, Radecki).2019
• At University of Warsaw he co-won the CERC 2018 ACM ICPC Central European Regional Contest: team Jakub Boguta, Konrad Paluszek and Mateusz Radecki were the only team to solve all 12 problems, securing UW's 25th consecutive ICPC World Finals berth (Porto 2019).Dec 3, 2018
• Represented Poland at IOI 2015 (Kazakhstan) and won a silver medal with 397/600, the 44th-place silver; IOI statistics and the Polish Olympiad-in-Informatics success page both list the medal.2015
• Competitive-programming handle 'tribute_to_Ukraine_2022' on Codeforces is his (profile lists 'Konrad Paluszek, From University of Warsaw'); he reached International Grandmaster with a max contest rating of 2722, and cphof.org lists $5,900 in cumulative contest prize money under this handle.2022
• Also competed at IMO 2015 as Konrad Jan Paluszek (Poland), scoring 18/42, placing 140-... - a second IMO appearance; consistent with the dual IOI/IMO Olympiad profile.2015
• As 'Konrad Jan Paluszek' he represented Poland at IMO 2013, earning 14 points and an Honourable Mention as the 279th-ranked contestant.2013
• Undergraduate education at Uniwersytet Warszawski (University of Warsaw): a Bachelor's in Computer Science (2015-2018) followed by a Bachelor's in Mathematics (2018-2021) - the overlapping sequence places him at UW continuously from ~2015, immediately after secondary school.2021
• Attended XIV Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Stanislawa Staszica in Warsaw (a specialist mathematics/CS high-school), where he appears among the 2012/2013 Olympiad-in-Mathematics laureates.2013
• Placed 5th at the 22nd Polish Collegiate Programming Contest (Oct 2017, Wroclaw) as part of a UW team with Maciej Holubowicz and Jan Tobaszewski - early evidence of sustained competitive-programming activity through his undergraduate years.Oct 28, 2017