Jiri Pik
AI Strategist & Cloud Architect · Quant Trader · Author · Founder & CEO, RocketEdge
“Most quant desks are still optimizing yesterday’s edge. The real alpha now lives where AI, cloud, and conviction collide — and almost no one is building there yet.”
I build production-grade AI and quantitative trading systems that move fast and don’t break. Over two decades I’ve architected ultra-low-latency trading, risk, and market-data platforms for many of the world’s leading financial institutions — including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America, UBS, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank / DWS, MUFG, and Julius Baer — and then brought that institutional discipline to fast-moving entrepreneurial firms. That blend of bank-grade rigor and startup agility is what I bring to every problem.
Today I’m Founder & CEO of RocketEdge, where my team designs AI-driven trading and cloud-infrastructure solutions for funds, fintechs, and financial institutions.
What I’m known for
AI Trading Systems
Designing AI/ML-powered, production-ready strategies — from signal research to live execution on QuantConnect and AWS.
Quant & Market Data
Ultra-low-latency market-data engines, portfolio analytics, and fixed-income tooling for global banks and asset managers.
Cloud Architecture
Chief Architect on multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) builds — scalable, resilient, cost-efficient systems for data-intensive workloads.
Author & Educator
Two trading books with Python — Hands-On AI Trading (Wiley) and Hands-On Financial Trading (Packt) — plus talks and interviews on the future of quant finance.
Books
I’m the author of Hands-On AI Trading with Python, QuantConnect, and AWS (Wiley, 2025) and Hands-On Financial Trading with Python (Packt, 2021) — practical guides to building AI-powered, production-ready trading systems.
Background & credentials
Formally trained in quantitative finance and computer science, with deep grounding in mathematics and statistics. CFA, CAIA, and FRM charterholder, with 20+ AWS and Microsoft Azure certifications. Based in Singapore, working with global teams across markets, technology, and capital flows.