About John Fawcett

John is the founder and CEO of Quantopian - a platform for you to build, test, and execute trading algorithms. Quantopian is backed by investors Spark Capital and GETCO. Prior to founding Quantopian, John was the CTO of Tamale Software (acquired by Advent Software). Earlier in his career he was a hedge fund analyst as well as a software developer.

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Fintech startup career advice from Quantopian’s CEO John Fawcett

John Fawcett (a.k.a. Fawce) is the founder and CEO of Quantopian, a fintech startup backed by Spark Capital and GETCO that’s democratizing the world of quantitative trading. Below, John shares his hiring philosophy and a pro tip on why you should never use “I’m not technical” as a crutch in an interview. –John This is […]

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