Summary
Jad Ghalayini is a Quantitative Developer and CS PhD student at Cambridge with seven years of experience bridging rigorous theory and high-performance software. His work sits at the intersection of formal methods, refinement types, and compiler design, aiming to create zero-cost abstractions that improve safety and efficiency in real-world systems. At TypeFoundry he contributed research on refinement types and intermediate representations before joining Xantium Group / Tudor Investment Corporation to apply those skills in quantitative software. Trained at Oxford and Toronto, Jad combines deep mathematical intuition with practical systems engineering, from proof-oriented research to production-grade optimization. He’s equally comfortable proving properties about programs and squeezing out low-level performance, making him a rare practitioner who turns formal guarantees into fast, usable tooling.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at K12 International Academy
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of Oxford
High School, Advanced Mathematics, High School, Advanced Mathematics at Stanford Online High School
Honors Bachelor of Science with High Distinction, Mathematics and Computer Science, Honors Bachelor of Science with High Distinction, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Toronto
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Cambridge
English, French, Arabic, Chinese