Matthew Malcomson
CPU Compiler Engineer at NVIDIA
South Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMatthew Malcomson is a CPU compiler engineer with 12 years of experience building low-level software, recently joining NVIDIA after a multi-year compiler tenure at Arm. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics where he developed Python models to probe quantum systems and mine patterns—skills he maps to compiler heuristics and performance analysis. His background spans kernel development at Oracle (redesigning an IP-layer cache for scalability), C++ work on NLP, and hands-on contributions to high-profile open-source projects like Neovim. He excels at bridging rigorous research thinking with pragmatic engineering: identifying subtle bugs, improving user-facing behavior, and delivering robust implementations. Based in South Cambridgeshire, he brings a blend of systems-level intuition, data-driven experimentation, and a track record of improving both developer and runtime experiences.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Physics, Master's degree Physics at University of WarwickDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Physics at Lancaster University
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Github Skills (9)
c1710
neovim10
vim10
lua10
nvim10
c1110
text-editor10
test-automation10
api9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
neovim/neovim
Dec 2016 - Jan 2020
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 27 PRs, 125 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Matthew has been actively contributing to the Neovim project, focusing on improving core functionality and addressing bug fixes. They have implemented features related to mark management, specifically allowing lowercase marks to be set in other buffers and ensuring proper behavior for uppercase marks. Additionally, the user has addressed issues related to the put command, undo functionality, and handling of folds during move commands. Their work demonstrates a strong understanding of the codebase and a focus on improving the user experience and reliability.
usabilityapiluavimvim-plugin
hardenedapple/neovim
Nov 2016 - Jan 2020
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and agility.
Contributions:284 pushes, 44 branches in 3 years 2 months
vimagilityvim-plugincoc-extensionsfocused
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