Raphael Koh
Software Engineer at Jane Street
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRaphael Koh is a software engineer with nine years of experience building scalable backend and distributed systems, currently at Jane Street in New York. He blends production-grade engineering—shaped by internships at AWS, Microsoft Quantum, Uber, and Scribd—with deep research roots in quantum computing and information theory from work at the Institute for Quantum Computing. Passionate about concurrent and cloud-native architectures, he applies rigorous mathematical thinking from a high-achieving Mathematics & Computer Science degree (92% average) to practical system design and observability. Unusually, he pairs real-world systems experience with active research interests in quantum machine learning, complexity theory, and error correction, positioning him at the intersection of cutting-edge theory and production software. His background also includes leadership roles from military platoon sergeant to project lead, reflecting strong operational discipline and team-oriented delivery.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Iroquois Ridge High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Cumulative Average: 92%, Term Dean's Honours List, Bachelor’s Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Cumulative Average: 92%, Term Dean's Honours List at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese, Spanish
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Github Skills (139)
qdk10
python10
opentelemetry10
firebase10
quantum-computing10
nodejs10
telemetry10
development-kit10
collector10
mjpeg9
object-tracking9
sdk9
face-tracking9
api9
qml9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
theRoughCode/WatsMyMajor
Dec 2017 - Dec 2020
🎓A web app to help you determine your major/minor.
Contributions:391 commits, 70 PRs, 482 pushes in 3 years 1 month
reactfirebasenodejsdeterminereactjs
theRoughCode/Teambot-SlackApp
Aug 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:54 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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