Joel Phillips
Developer & Researcher at Jane Street
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Phillips is a developer and researcher with 15 years of experience applying advanced numerical analysis and mathematical modelling to real-world problems across finance, scientific computing and high-performance systems. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and has transitioned academic innovations—novel finite element methods and boundary element HPC implementations—into production-grade software while teaching and leading research projects. At Jane Street he blends rigorous mathematical thinking with practical software engineering to solve computationally intensive problems. His background spans fixed-income trading platforms, air-traffic testing tools and multidisciplinary modeling (from medical imaging to urban crime patterns), reflecting an ability to move between theory and application. Colleagues would note his uncommon combination of deep PDE expertise and pragmatic engineering discipline, enabling reliable numerical solutions at scale.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics at University of CambridgePhD, Mathematics, PhD, Mathematics at McGill University
French
Github Skills (1)
python5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
tbetcke/PyPWDG
Apr 2011 - Sep 2012
Contributions:213 commits in 1 year 5 months
bempp/bempp-legacy
Mar 2012 - Apr 2012
Bempp - Boundary elements in Python
Contributions:26 commits in 21 days
elementspythonboundary
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