Joseph Kerrigan
Software Engineer at Jane Street
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Kerrigan is a software engineer with a decade of experience building reliable, large-scale systems and compilers for specialized hardware. He currently develops the Neuron Kernel Interface (NKI), a Python DSL that generates high-performance kernels for AWS Trainium accelerators, and earlier built deployment tooling that safeguarded Nitro virtualization across millions of EC2 hosts. His work blends compiler-level performance tuning with practical production reliability—creating internal services that prevented tens of millions in losses and are used by a dozen+ teams. A Jefferson Scholar with dual training in math and CS from UVA (and study at Oxford), he pairs rigorous, theory-informed thinking with hands-on delivery. Outside code, he’s balanced technical roles with student athletics and ensemble music, hinting at disciplined teamwork and creativity in problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of OxfordHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Providence Day SchoolBachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Virginia
Github Skills (51)
discord10
python9
django9
terminal-app9
irc8
rust8
docker8
discord-py8
database8
science8
discord-bot8
pycord8
bitcode7
youtube7
pixel7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
joek13/joek13.github.io
Dec 2020 - Dec 2025
Personal website for Joe Kerrigan.
Contributions:8 PRs, 89 pushes, 11 branches in 4 years 11 months
joereact
joek13/py-music-bot
Jan 2018 - May 2021
A Discord music bot written in python.
Contributions:2 reviews, 61 commits, 10 PRs in 3 years 4 months
discordpython
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