Sam Hornby
Software Engineer at Jump Trading LLC
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam Hornby is a software engineer with nine years' experience specializing in high-performance C++ and Python for machine learning infrastructure, currently at Jump Trading after a multi-year tenure at Graphcore. He has deep expertise in compiler-level optimizations, XLA/TensorFlow integration, and low-level Poplar/Poplibs work including linker, codegen, assembly kernels, and multi-chip communication for IPUs. His background spans applied ML engineering—developing neural classifiers and AWS automation—to research in quantum correlations, reflecting a strong physics-rooted problem-solving approach from an Oxford MPhys. Comfortable moving between systems, libraries, and Python frontends, Sam brings a practical blend of research rigor and production engineering focused on squeezing performance from hardware and software stacks.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Physics (MPhys), Physics, 2:1, Master of Physics (MPhys), Physics, 2:1 at University of OxfordA Levels, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Geography, A*A*A*A*, A Levels, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Geography, A*A*A*A* at Richmond Sixth Form College
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Github Skills (15)
neural-network10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
python10
ipu10
data-science10
ml10
in-progress9
ai8
linux6
macos5
vim5
windows5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Sam-Hornby/Commutators
Feb 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
Sam-Hornby/recipes
Sep 2016 - Feb 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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