José Sá
Sr Quant C Developer at CME Group
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJosé Sá is a Senior Quant C++ Developer with a decade of engineering experience bridging theoretical physics and high-performance finance software. Currently finishing a PhD in Mathematical Sciences focused on quiver gauge theories and brane tilings, he brings deep analytical rigor to algorithm design and symbolic computation alongside practical C++ and Python development. His career includes quant and low-latency roles at major institutions and most recently a senior quant role at CME Group, reflecting experience shipping production-grade systems under trading constraints. José is actively expanding into data analysis and machine learning, pairing research-grade mathematical modeling with software engineering best practices and modern C++ idioms. Colleagues value his ability to translate abstract theoretical problems into efficient, maintainable code—a skill honed by developing bespoke algorithms for complex geometry and field-theory computations.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Advanced Studies - MASt Applied Mathematics, Master of Advanced Studies - MASt Applied Mathematics at University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematical Sciences at Durham UniversityMaster of Science - MS Theoretical Physics, Master of Science - MS Theoretical Physics at Universidade do Porto
Portuguese, English, Spanish
Github Skills (99)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
jose-a-sa/triangulation-graph
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
Convex triangulations of a point set
Contributions:2 PRs, 52 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 1 month
graphtriangulation
jose-a-sa/mathematica-physics
Nov 2018 - Feb 2023
Contributions:2 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
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