William Shi

VVS is hiring for top 0.01% quant / AI developers & researchers. Please send a very short, keyword-summary of your exceptional profile. Our compensation package includes participation in a 33% firm PnL bonus pool, significant equity grant & increase via bonus / exceptional performance. We work in-person and full-time.select technical & competitive track record: IMO 2024 Silver (https://www.imo-official.org/results/contestant/34622/)2x Austrian Informatics Olympiad Finalist (C++)1st place nationwide in all maths competitions 2023-20251st place at IMO Chess Tournament 20251st place in EU Chess Championship 2018Top 10 worldwide at Naboj 2026, Bolyai 2025 mathematics finals.5x state champion in chess 2015-20194x Gold medalist, 6x Silver medalist in various Austrian mathematics olympiad contests.Received multiple offers from top tier quant trading firms (eg 5 rings)

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• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. No independently verifiable role or internship at a confirmed quantitative-finance employer was found. The only explicitly 'quant'-titled roles (Quant, Quant Intern, Quant Trading Intern, 2025-2026) are listed against an anonymized employer shown as 'Stealth' (company_domain timelyai.com), so the employer's business cannot be verified and quant classification is unconfirmed. The two named trading firms are student programs, not employment: Jane Street 'Program Participant - Portal' (Zurich, 2025) and Susquehanna International Group 'Discovery Day' (Dublin, 2025), both excluded by the criteria. 'Received multiple offers from top tier quant trading firms (eg 5 rings)' is an offer claim, not a role. getcracked.io (Quant Trading Educator, 2026) is a verified quant-interview-prep platform, but that is an ed-tech content role, not a quant investment/trading role, and is self-reported. VVS Holdings is the subject's own self-described 'quantitative research lab' (LinkedIn), not an external employer, and is self-reported. Identity is supported (LinkedIn plus IMO official records), but the quant employment claim itself rests only on self-reported index data and an anonymized employer, so it remains unresolved.Sep 17, 2026
• LinkedIn headline describes him as 'Founder of VVS Holdings' and states 'VVS is a quantitative research lab focused on ML-driven applications in financial markets'; the same profile advertises hiring 'top 0.01% quant / AI developers & researchers' with a 33% firm PnL bonus pool and equity - all self-reported, and VVS Holdings shows a single employee, so the 'quant research lab' framing is a self-description rather than an established firm.2026
• Represented Austria again at IMO 2025 (Sunshine Coast, Australia) and won a bronze medal (22/42 points, rank 243); Austrian press coverage lists him among the four Austrian medallists.Jul 2025
• Only explicitly quant-titled roles are at an anonymized employer 'Stealth' (company_domain timelyai.com): Quant (2025-2026), Quant Intern (2025), Quant Trading Intern (2025), all marked '<0.3% acceptance rate' - the employer is masked, so its business and the quant classification cannot be verified.2025
• Represented Austria at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2024 and won a silver medal (22/42 points, rank 147).Jul 2024
• LinkedIn summary claims 'Received multiple offers from top tier quant trading firms (eg 5 rings)' - an offer claim, not a role, and unverified.2026
• Self-reported track record on LinkedIn: 2x Austrian Informatics Olympiad finalist (C++), 1st place nationwide in maths competitions 2023-2025, 1st at IMO Chess Tournament 2025, 1st at EU Chess Championship 2018, top 10 worldwide at Naboj 2026 and Bolyai 2025, 5x state chess champion 2015-2019.2026
• Education per LinkedIn: B.Sc. Mathematics, University of Vienna (2023-2026) and M.Sc. Mathematics, University of Vienna (2025-2026), plus Sir Karl Popper Schule (2022-2026).2026
• LinkedIn lists a 'Compiler Research Engineering Intern' at 'Stealth Startup' (Vienna, 2026) and 'Developer & UX Designer' at Stealth (timelyai.com) alongside 'Developer' at VVS Holdings - suggesting a mix of compiler/software engineering work beyond quant.2026
• Student programs (not employment) at trading firms: Jane Street 'Program Participant - Portal' (Zurich, 2025, with 1st place Estimathon and 2nd place team data analytics) and Susquehanna International Group 'Discovery Day' (Dublin, 2025, 1st place market-making game) - competitions/insight days, excluded from quant-employment credit.2025
• getcracked.io, where he lists a 2026 'Quant Trading Educator' role, is a verified quant-interview-preparation platform (quant trading/developer/researcher interview prep); the role is ed-tech content, not quant trading employment, and is self-reported.2026
• X account @WilliamVVShi exists with bio 'VVS Holdings | to be written', joined November 2020 - a personal account tied to the same VVS Holdings handle, though content is minimal.2026