Josh Hirschkorn
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Joshua Hirschkorn

MEng Computer Engineering @ Imperial College London

Quantitative Developer Intern · Cantor Fitzgerald & BGC Group

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FPGA pipeline speedup
8,715x
YC British founders · 30k applicants
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Imperial Dean's List
Top 10%
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Experience

All roles
Jul 2026 · Present
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Cantor Fitzgerald & BGC Group

Quantitative Developer Intern / London

Airflow monitoring for Nomad jobs. Detection time down 95%.

Apr 2026
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BlackRock

Aladdin Engineering Spring Intern / London

An editor plugin that learns internal patterns. 1 of 12 from 11,500.

Apr 2026
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Morgan Stanley

Technology Spring Intern / London

1st of 15 in the algorithmic trading challenge.

Aug 2025 · Oct 2025
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Magic AI

Computer Vision and ML Systems Intern / London

Pose model benchmarks and a 12-camera capture rig at 30fps.

Apr 2025
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Amazon AWS

Technology Spring Intern / London

Predictive models and a live Flask service on EC2.

Feb 2024 · Mar 2024
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Yorlet

Software Engineer Intern / London

Tenant onboarding and notifications. Conversion up 26%.

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Projects

All projects

30k+Lines of C++

Dec 2025 · Mar 2026

High-Performance C90 Compiler

A full C90 front-to-back in C++, emitting optimised RISC-V.

  • C++
  • RISC-V
  • CMake
  • Docker
  • +1
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Education

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Imperial College London

Sept 2024 · Jun 2028

MEng Computer Engineering (EIE) / London, UK

  • First Class Honours
  • Dean's List · top 10% of cohort
  • Signals and Systems 80%
  • Mathematics for Engineers 80%
  • Data Structures and Algorithms 78%
  • Instruction Set Architectures and Compilers 77%
  • Operating Systems and Concurrency 75%
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University College School

Sept 2021 · Jul 2023

A Levels / London, UK

  • Further Mathematics A*
  • Mathematics A*
  • Physics A
  • Computer Science A
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Recognition

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Y Combinator Startup School

Y Combinator / San Francisco, CA

High-potential British founders from 30,000 applicants.

Jul 2026

96 / 97 / 99

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Best Further Mathematics Result

University College School / London, UK

Best Further Maths result in the school's history.

Aug 2023

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Toolkit

Languages

  • Python
  • C++
  • C
  • C#
  • Swift
  • SQL
  • SystemVerilog
  • Lua

ML & Data

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • NumPy
  • Pandas
  • OpenCV
  • MediaPipe

Systems & Infra

  • Linux
  • UNIX
  • Multithreading
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Nomad
  • Apache Airflow
  • CMake
  • Git

Services & Interfaces

  • Flask
  • FastAPI
  • REST APIs
  • MongoDB
  • Unity

Away from the keyboard

  • Neovim + Tmux
  • Chess
  • Skateboarding
  • Basketball
  • Bouldering
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Endorsements

“Josh made an outsized impact during his month-long internship with our team. He ramped up quickly, took ownership of his work, and consistently delivered thoughtful, high-quality results. His communication was exceptional: clear, timely, and tailored to his audience. He was professional, receptive to feedback, and a strong collaborator I would gladly work with again.”

Chirag Patel

Managed Josh · Magic AI

“Josh joined the MAGIC team whilst our core technology was undergoing major refinement. He played a very important role in helping the team to develop our automatic evaluation system, helping us to iterate the product much faster than we currently were. At such a young age, the team trusted Josh with making important decisions and valued his input greatly: a testament to his abilities as well as his amazing attitude as an individual.”

Sunil Jindal

Co-founder, Magic AI