Benjamin Hilton

Mathematics Student at the University of Cambridge

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Optiver and Cambridge Trading Academy at Optiver
    Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 · 2 mos

    Attended lectures covering market making, futures and derivatives pricing. Developed and deployed an algorithmic trading strategy in a simulated live trading environment, achieving a top-quartile performance against competing algorithms.

  • Core Developer at DECARD AG / Tagion
    Jul 2023 - Sep 2023 · 3 mos

    As a core developer, I conducted mathematical research resulting in new definitions to the aBFT protocol behind Tagion, which I implemented. These changes resulted in a more secure, stable, and fair DLT-system. I also coauthored Tagion’s new whitepaper (https://tagion.org/resources/tagion-whitepaper.pdf) outlining the vision and technical details behind the project. Alongside working with talented, visionary, ambitious people I gained proficiency in web3, DLT-systems, the crypto space, and the D programming language.

  • Student Mentor at MentorDanmark
    2019 - 2022 · 3 yrs

  • Badminton Coach at Rudersdal Badminton
    2018 - 2022 · 4 yrs

  • Teacher at Science Club Denmark at Videnskabsklubben
    2020 - 2021 · 1 yr