Kairan Quazi, who joined the SpaceX of Elon Musk as an engineer at just 14 years of age, is leaving aerospace company two years later to start a new role in Citadel Securities in New York. The 16 -year -old told business Insider that he feels ready to take new challenges and expand his skills in a separate high performance environment.
Quazi Santa became the youngest graduate at the University of SpaceX before joining the Starlink Division, where he worked on software, directing millions of users worldwide to give satellite beams to give reliable internet to millions of users. One of the world’s most influential high-existing trading firms, his decision to go into Citadel Securities, highlights how financial sector is competing with top AI laboratories and key technology companies for engineering talent.
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Why Quaazi chose Finance on AI
Despite obtaining offers from leading AI Research Labs and global technology companies, Quazi opted for stronghold securities due to his combination of intellectual complexity and rapid response. Unlike the long deadline of aerospace and AI projects, quantitative finance engineers allow the average impact within days to see. “Quant Finance AI provides the same intellectual challenge as AI research, but with very fast results,” he said.
In SpaceX, Quazi contributed to production-mating systems, ensuring that Starlink satellites maintain accuracy in its beam targeting. In Citadale Securities, he will focus on the global business infrastructure, working at the intersection of engineering and quantitative problems.
Quaji has long defined traditional education and career deadline. A Bangladesh-American Cautuk, he moved to college from third grade till the age of 9 and completed an internship at Intel Labs at the age of 10. In 14, he became the youngest employee in SpaceX, marking the beginning of a remarkable initial career.
Kireran Quazi was born in Placenton, California in Bangladeshi parents Mustahid Quazi and Julia Quazi. His family detects his roots for the Muslim Quaji community of Manikganj in Bangladesh. His father worked as a chemical engineer, while his mother made a career as Wall Street’s executive.
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Doctors recognized Kairan’s extraordinary intellectual and emotional intelligence at the age of two. He moved to Mensa International and became a member of the Young Scholar Program of the Davidson Institute, marking the beginning of his journey as a unique.
Now, at the age of 16, he is ready to live independently in Manhattan, just 10 minutes of walking from his apartment with his new workplace. The step also marks an individual milestone, freeing her from her mother’s logical challenges, causing her to move to the Redmond Office of SpaceX due to lack of driving license.
