Tom Pointon
Software Engineer at Jump Trading Group
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolTom Pointon is a software engineer based in Chicago with three years of professional experience and an MEng in Computer Science from Imperial College London. He has built low-latency, production systems through multiple roles at Jump Trading Group, progressing from intern to full-time engineer and returning in 2024. Tom also served as CTO of YC-backed Metoro (S23), gaining hands-on startup leadership experience during the accelerator. His background includes compiler work in OCaml, microservice migrations at Skyscanner, and teaching Haskell and Java to first-year students, reflecting both deep technical breadth and an aptitude for clear explanation. Comfortable shifting between research-driven problems and fast-moving trading or startup contexts, he brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to building new products. Colleagues would note he pairs rigorous engineering with a taste for launching things quickly—he literally describes his mission as “building something new.”
3 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorMaster of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science, Master of Engineering (MEng) Computer Science at Imperial College LondonA Level Mathematics Physics and Computer Science, A Level Mathematics Physics and Computer Science at Bungay High School (Sixth Form College)
Github Skills (8)
solana10
anchor10
blockchain9
crypto9
cryptocurrency9
consensus8
rust1
metaplex1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
firedancer-io/firedancer
Feb 2023 - Jun 2023
Firedancer is Jump Crypto's Solana validator software.
Contributions:30 reviews, 4 PRs, 25 pushes in 4 months
jumpsolanaconsensusblockchaincrypto
firedancer-io/solana
Mar 2023 - May 2023
Firedancer's patches to Solana
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
solanarustmetaplexpatchesanchor
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