Paweł Piwek

Quantitative researcher with a background in pure mathematics. Completed a DPhil (PhD) in Mathematics at the University of Oxford (2021-2024) supervised by Prof. Martin Bridson, on profinite rigidity of group extensions, after an MMath & BA in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (2016-2020). Professional experience spans quantitative research at Optiver (Amsterdam, 2024-2025) and iRage (2026-), quantitative research internships at DRW (2022, 2023), and a business development internship at Jane Street (2020). Represented Poland at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2015 and 2016, winning a bronze medal both years.

Quantitative research, mathematics research and teaching. PhD at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford (profinite rigidity of group extensions, supervisor Prof. Martin Bridson). Quantitative researcher with experience in option pricing.

Details

LocationWarsaw, Poland

Company siteirage.in

UniversityUniversity of Oxford

Quantitative ResearchOption PricingPythonC++MathematicsGroup Theory (profinite rigidity)BashSQL

Notes

Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Paweł Piwek's own career page (pawelpiwek.com/career.html) and his LinkedIn enrichment both list substantive quantitative-finance roles with dates: Quantitative Researcher at Optiver (Amsterdam, 2024/11-2025/12) and at iRage (2026/07-now), plus Quantitative Research Intern at DRW (London, 2022/06-2022/09 and 2023/07-2023/09). Employer classification: Optiver and DRW are proprietary trading / market-making firms operating in quantitative finance; the DRW and Optiver roles were quant research (option pricing, vol modelling, ETF creation/redemption), i.e. genuine work/internships, not student programs. The Jane Street role (Business Development Intern, 2020) is at a quantitative trading firm but the role itself is business/ops rather than a quantitative role. Identity is supported by the IMO 2015/2016 double bronze and Oxford/Cambridge mathematics education listed on the same self-authored page and matched by LinkedIn.Jul 2026
Represents Poland at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2015 and 2016 with a bronze medal in each year, per his own career page '2015, 2016 Double IMO Bronze'; identity corroborated by LinkedIn profile.
DPhil (PhD) in Mathematics at the University of Oxford (2021/10-2024/10) supervised by Prof. Martin Bridson; thesis 'Profinite rigidity of group extensions'.
MMath & BA in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (2016/10-2020/06).

Experience

Quantitative Researcher at iRage

Quantitative Researcher at Optiver

Amsterdam

Pricing Quant Research team: central pricing-model library, volcurve models, volatility data pipeline fixes, dividend and total return futures pricing models, two risk applications; end-to-end implementation of an interest-curve parameter. Python, C++, Bash, SQL.

Quantitative Research Intern at DRW

London

Internal trade-analytics tool at the European Equity Index Options desk.

Business Development Intern at Jane Street

Worked across trading, technology, operations and compliance teams; document/data analysis; process-bottleneck projects. Excel and VBA.

Research Intern at Huawei - Noah's Ark Lab, AI Theory Group

Project Leader at XIII Congress of Polish Student Societies

Co-founder & Co-head of Organising Committee at Maths Beyond Limits

Research Project at DPMMS, University of Cambridge

Education

University of Oxford

DPhil, Mathematics

University of Cambridge

MMath & BA, Mathematics

Liceum im. Świętej Jadwigi Królowej w Kielcach

High school

AchievementsBronze medal, International Mathematical Olympiad 2015 (representing Poland) · Bronze medal, International Mathematical Olympiad 2016 (representing Poland)

Articles

arxiv.org/abs/2304.01105