Nicole Hedblom

Nicole Hedblom is a Swedish engineer with a competitive-mathematics and programming background. She represented Sweden at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2016 (honourable mention) and 2017 and competed at the ICPC World Finals 2021 with KTH. She studied Engineering Physics (Teknisk fysik) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2017-2023). Documented roles include software/engineering internships at Spotify and Google (STEP 2018, SRE 2019), a Quantitative Trading internship at Jane Street (2021), and a Software Engineer role at Depict (2022). She was team leader of Sweden's EGOI delegations (2021, 2022) and Chair of EGOI 2023 in Lund. A November 2025 alumni interview states she lives in London and works at Jane Street.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Nicole Hedblom held an internship at Jane Street (listed as 'Quantitative Trading Intern', London, 2021), and a November 2025 first-person alumni interview states she lives in London and works at Jane Street; Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm (proprietary/market-making), so both the 2021 internship and her current role fall in quantitative finance. Identity is corroborated across the IMO record (Sweden 2016/2017), the KTH ICPC World Finals team, and the interview naming Danderyds gymnasium and the same olympiad/Kodsport history. Caveat: the 2021 internship entry is index-only (LinkedIn-derived), and the current Jane Street role is confirmed only by her own statement in the Nov 2025 interview, with no title stated.Nov 16, 2025
• In a November 2025 UVS alumni interview she states she lives in London and works at Jane Street, and describes running (including Parkrun in London) as a hobby.Nov 16, 2025
• Other work-history entries (Google STEP 2018, Google SRE intern 2019, Spotify intern, Depict software engineer 2022) are internships/employment at technology firms, not quantitative finance; they are index-only (LinkedIn-derived) and mostly lack exact month dates.Jan 1, 2022
• Represented Sweden at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2016 (honourable mention, 10 points, rank 400) and 2017 (19 points, rank 115), confirming the olympiad identity anchor.Jul 1, 2017
• Was active in Ung Vetenskapssport (UVS) from the first 2015 maths camp at Danderyds gymnasium, helped organise camps from the start of university, and was chair around 2019-2020, continuing with Kodsport work until 2023.Nov 16, 2025
• Served as Team Leader for Sweden's European Girls' Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) delegations in 2021 and 2022 and as Chair for EGOI 2023 (hosted in Lund), a volunteer organisational role rather than employment.Jan 1, 2023
• Studied Engineering Physics (Teknisk fysik) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2017-2023, earning a Civilingenjörsexamen (MSc in Engineering); index-only (LinkedIn-derived).Jan 1, 2023
• Competed in the ICPC World Finals (Dhaka, held Nov 2022 for the 2021 contest) as part of KTH team 'CyanForces' with Joakim Blikstad and Tobias Glimmerfors, finishing 13th with 8/12 problems solved.Nov 10, 2022
• Won the Swedish Linguistic Olympiad (Lingolympiaden) in 2017 while at Danderyds gymnasium.Jun 1, 2017
• Uses the handle 'nicode' on Codeforces, catalogued with her ICPC and country records on the Competitive Programming Hall of Fame.Jan 1, 2022