Jonathan Hatchett
Senior Software Engineer at Neat
Greater Cambridge Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Hatchett is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specialising in video, graphics and high-performance computing, currently based in Greater Cambridge. He combines deep research credentials (PhD in Video Compression) with hands-on systems work—from real-time HDR compression and point-cloud generation to GPU-accelerated 4K60 video compositing using C++/OpenGL/CUDA. Jonathan has driven product-grade firmware and system architecture for devices like Logitech Scribe, resolving low-level USB and Bluetooth issues while building robust IPC and bulk-USB protocols. He excels at squeezing performance from heterogeneous platforms and has a track record of turning academic innovations into commercial demos and award-winning prototypes. Notably, his work often focuses on zero-copy GPU pipelines and real-time constraints that enabled dramatic performance gains over traditional ffmpeg-based approaches.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of WarwickDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Video Compression, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Video Compression at University of Warwick - WMG
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
hid-device9
libpng6
macos6
metaprogramming6
png6
opencl6
sdl6
kodi5
api-client5
google-api5
hid4
usb-hid4
google4
usb4
client-library4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
afinetapestry/Warwick-Beamer-Template
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
afinetapestry/ffmpegtest
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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