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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>Brandon Barker — Staff Software Engineer</title><meta name="description" content="Staff software engineer at Uber building software that maps the world. Tinkerer, inventor, NYC."><meta name="theme-color" content="#2e5bff"><link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="./images/favicons/favicon.ico"><link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="./images/favicons/favicon-16x16.png"><link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="./images/favicons/favicon-32x32.png"><link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="./images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png"><link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="./images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-152x152.png"><link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="./images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-120x120.png"><meta property="og:title" content="Brandon Barker — Staff Software Engineer"><meta property="og:description" content="Building software that maps the world. Staff SWE at Uber, NYC."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://brandonbarker.me/"><link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"><link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin><link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;700&display=swap"><link rel="stylesheet" href="./style.css"></head><body><main class="wrap"><div class="prompt"><b>brandon@nyc</b> :~$ cat resume.txt<span class="cursor"></span></div><pre class="ascii"> ___ _ ___ _
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|___/_| \__,_|_||_\__,_\___/_||_| |___/\__,_|_| |_\_\___|_|</pre><h1>Brandon Barker — staff software engineer</h1><div class="meta"><span>~/nyc</span><span>uber/marketplace</span><span>wcu '21</span><span>est. 2001</span></div><p class="lede">tinkerer, inventor, nerd, staff software engineer. building tools that map the world — from <a href="#prostheticarm">prosthetic arms</a> and <a href="#boostogy">educational learning platforms</a>, to <a href="#ioculist">eye exams</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/@comma_ai/hd-maps-for-the-masses-9a0d582dd274">self-driving HD maps</a>. innovating for the future and pushing the boundaries of what i know — every year.</p><hr><div class="block"><h2>work <span class="count">— 8 roles</span></h2><div class="row"><div class="yr">2021 →</div><div class="what"><b>uber</b><span>staff software engineer · marketplace data & intelligence</span></div><div class="where">new york</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b>uber</b><span>swe intern — architected dynamic <a href="https://eng.uber.com/visualizing-city-cores-with-h3/">h3 hexagon</a> clustering for ml experimentation</span></div><div class="where">san francisco</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b>cesium</b><span>swe intern — webodm + blender + 3ds max → cesium ion 3d tiles. shipped in cesiumjs 1.61.</span></div><div class="where">philadelphia</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2018</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://comma.ai">comma.ai</a></b><span>swe intern — mapping engine for 5m+ miles of self-driving data; full-stack dashboard for george hotz's kit</span></div><div class="where">san francisco</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2017</div><div class="what"><b>dokkio</b><span>swe intern — cross-cloud doc search; html5 preview engine for hundreds-of-pages docs; analyzed 2tb</span></div><div class="where">san francisco</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b>yurgosky</b><span>swe intern — salesforce integrations for teach for america + robinhood foundation</span></div><div class="where">new york</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b>airphrame</b><span>swe intern — aerial mapping + uav obstacle avoidance; live-zip micro-service for 100gb consolidations</span></div><div class="where">san francisco</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b>cloudmine</b><span>swe intern — hipaa android api + docker-based ci system for staging/prod testing</span></div><div class="where">philadelphia</div></div></div><div class="block"><h2>activities <span class="count">— 3</span></h2><div class="row"><div class="yr">2018 →</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://hackwcu.org/">hackwcu</a></b><span>founder & lead organizer — wcu's first hackathon. 300 reg, 150 attended, $20k raised in 3 months.</span></div><div class="where">wcu</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2014—17</div><div class="what"><b>stemhacks</b><span>founder & lead organizer — first high-school hackathon in pa. $10k sponsorship, 100+ attendees y1.</span></div><div class="where">stem academy</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2011—17</div><div class="what"><b>out of the box robotics</b><span>founder — 501(c)(3) encouraging students to engage in robotics.</span></div><div class="where">coatesville</div></div></div><div class="block"><h2>projects <span class="count">— 25</span></h2><div class="row" id="elderlyf"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b>elderlyf</b><span>intelligent walker. slam + haptic feedback + jetson nano + realsense. pennapps top 10.</span></div><div class="where">~/hardware</div></div><div class="row" id="elderly-vibrations"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b>elderly vibrations</b><span>path guidance for elderly. android + arcore + arduino + bluetooth haptics. dragonhacks.</span></div><div class="where">~/hardware</div></div><div class="row" id="ramily"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://app.wcuramily.com">ramily</a></b><span>pairing wcu student parents with student sitters. mobile app, material design.</span></div><div class="where">~/mobile</div></div><div class="row" id="entium"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/commaai/entium">entium</a></b><span>entwine → 3d tiles converter for cesium. octree culling, quantization, instancing. open source.</span></div><div class="where">~/cesium</div></div><div class="row" id="loopbox"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://devpost.com/software/vc-investment-tool">loopbox</a></b><span>nlp smart-form for vc investment curation. dual-lstm semantic similarity, react frontend.</span></div><div class="where">~/ml</div></div><div class="row" id="poketwatch"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://devpost.com/software/poket-watch">poket watch</a></b><span>eyes for the visually impaired. react native + tensorflow + azure. voice-driven scene narration.</span></div><div class="where">~/mobile</div></div><div class="row" id="titansofnuclear"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://map.titansofnuclear.com/">nuclear visualizer</a></b><span>1,000+ nuclear-industry companies on a mapbox static site. fuzzy search.</span></div><div class="where">~/maps</div></div><div class="row" id="ycdsmatcher"><div class="yr">2017</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://devpost.com/software/ycdsmatcher">ycds matcher</a></b><span>former-students search engine. selenium scraper across fb graph, whitepages, pipl. ycdshacks winner.</span></div><div class="where">~/data</div></div><div class="row" id="vibez"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b>vibez</b><span>friends through concerts. angularjs + ionic + nodejs. outsidelands hacks.</span></div><div class="where">~/social</div></div><div class="row" id="fancyprox"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b><a href="http://fancyprox1.appspot.com/">fancy prox</a></b><span>simple available web proxy on google app engine, with caching. python + webapp2.</span></div><div class="where">~/web</div></div><details class="more"><summary>+15 more</summary><div class="row" id="mytransfer"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b>mytransfer</b><span>chrome extension that reverse-engineers myhomework to sync from schoology / edmodo / blackboard.</span></div><div class="where">~/extension</div></div><div class="row" id="stemclasses"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/STEMClasses">stem classes</a></b><span>school-schedule + class-time-remaining tool. native code injection for notifications. 800+ users.</span></div><div class="where">~/android</div></div><div class="row" id="ioculist"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/springle/iOculist">iOculist</a></b><span>snellen-formula eye exam on a phone. ios + android, voice recognition. hackbca 2nd.</span></div><div class="where">~/mobile</div></div><div class="row" id="boostogy"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/boostogy/kggdhabjkonkgnmmcnbjeiifllidfgde">boostogy</a></b><span>chrome extension that re-skins schoology. circle icons, hidden classes, infinite scroll, theme strip.</span></div><div class="where">~/extension</div></div><div class="row" id="wordiel"><div class="yr">2018</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/Wordiel">wordiel</a></b><span>collision-based word-cloud generator. quadtree, math 2d. open-source api.</span></div><div class="where">~/java</div></div><div class="row" id="middlemeets"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://bitbucket.org/ProjectBarks/middlemeets">middle meets</a></b><span>android app — meet at a center-point of a friend group. java restful + yelp + google places.</span></div><div class="where">~/android</div></div><div class="row" id="stemhacks"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/STEMHacks-Admin">stemhacks admin</a></b><span>hackathon-team dashboard — emailer, chat, broadcast, sponsor support. gae + jquery + bootstrap.</span></div><div class="where">~/web</div></div><div class="row" id="ftcscouter"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/OOTBScouter">ftc scouter</a></b><span>match-scoring + analytics for ftc robotics. android + json + mysql + tableau.</span></div><div class="where">~/android</div></div><div class="row" id="beatsync"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/beatsync">beatsync</a></b><span>seamless audio sync over the web. nodejs + jquery + soundcloud + custom protocol.</span></div><div class="where">~/web</div></div><div class="row" id="laugher"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/TheLaugher">the laugher</a></b><span>android app + gae host that scrapes and classifies jokes via a website bot.</span></div><div class="where">~/android</div></div><div class="row" id="infinitycache"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/infinity-cache">infinity cache</a></b><span>annotation-driven cache lib for android. clean class structure for short-term object storage.</span></div><div class="where">~/lib</div></div><div class="row" id="convoanalyzer"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/PersonalityEvaluation">conversation analyser</a></b><span>nlp on facebook conversations — subject extraction, sentiment. nltk + d3 + node + gae.</span></div><div class="where">~/nlp</div></div><div class="row" id="screenshot"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://getbitbar.com/plugins/System/screenshot.1d.py">bitbar screenshot</a></b><span>quick screenshot tool on bitbar. applescript + shell + python + dock framework.</span></div><div class="where">~/macos</div></div><div class="row" id="dynapp"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/dynapp">dynapp</a></b><span>on-the-fly android code loading. maven plugin + dynamic class loader. java.</span></div><div class="where">~/android</div></div><div class="row" id="prostheticarm"><div class="yr">2011</div><div class="what"><b>mind-control prosthetic arm</b><span>eeg-driven lego prosthetic. emotive epoc + bluetooth + c++ pattern recognition. dvsc 2nd.</span></div><div class="where">~/hardware</div></div></details></div><div class="block"><h2>awards <span class="count">— 11</span></h2><div class="row"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://top.mlh.io/2020/profiles/brandon-barker">top 50 hacker</a></b><span>major league hacking — 1 of 50 of 100,000+ hackathon participants</span></div><div class="where">mlh</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://www.wcupa.edu/_services/STU/1871award.aspx">1871 award</a></b><span>wcu — 71 of 11,000 students recognized for academics + leadership + community + career</span></div><div class="where">wcu</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://www.wcupa.edu/sciences-mathematics/computerScience/repairTheWorld.aspx">repair the world scholarship</a></b><span>1 of 4 wcu cs majors selected for high gpa + applied-cs vision</span></div><div class="where">wcu cs</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="http://2019f.pennapps.com/">top 10 · best hardware · best health</a></b><span>pennapps — top 10 of 1,200+; engineered slam-haptic assistive device for cross-space nav</span></div><div class="where">pennapps</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://dragonhacks.org/">organizers' choice · best accessibility</a></b><span>dragonhacks — arcore path-keeping system for visually impaired seniors</span></div><div class="where">dragonhacks</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2018</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://www.wcupa.edu/sciences-mathematics/mathematics/banquet2018.aspx">benjamin e. faber award</a></b><span>wcu math department scholarship for exceptional minor students</span></div><div class="where">wcu math</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2017</div><div class="what"><b><a href="http://www.ycphacks.io/">best ycds hack</a></b><span>ycp hacks — big-data app for finding people from minimal info via fb / whitepages / pipl</span></div><div class="where">ycp hacks</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2017</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://www.firstinspires.org/about/press-room/caps-off-worlds-largest-celebration-of-stem-for-students">control award</a></b><span>ftc world competition, st. louis</span></div><div class="where">ftc worlds</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b>1st place</b><span>jpmorgan chase & co — gamified-scholarships app for underprivileged kids</span></div><div class="where">jpmc</div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b>2nd place</b><span>hackbca — iOculist eye-acuity app, won within 24 hours; inspired stemhacks</span></div><div class="where">hackbca</div></div><details class="more"><summary>+1 more</summary><div class="row"><div class="yr">2011</div><div class="what"><b>2nd place</b><span>delaware valley science convention — mind-control prosthetic; navy, army, engineering excellence; broadcom masters invite</span></div><div class="where">dvsc</div></div></details></div><div class="block articles"><h2>articles & research <span class="count">— 5</span></h2><div class="row"><div><b><a href="https://www.wcupa.edu/president/bBarker.aspx">wcu junior produces 3d protective gear for frontline workers</a></b><span>3d printers in brandon's basement print covid-19 face shields, 20+ hrs/day, 7 days/week.</span></div></div><div class="row"><div><b><a href="https://cesium.com/blog/2019/08/06/webodm-ships-with-cesium-ion/">share massive drone captures directly from webodm with cesium ion</a></b><span>integration: webodm-generated point clouds, 3d models, terrain → cesium ion in global geospatial context.</span></div></div><div class="row"><div><b><a href="https://cesium.com/blog/2019/07/08/blender-addon/">massive models from blender with cesium ion</a></b><span>blender → gltf → ion add-on, using the official khronos exporter for streaming on the web.</span></div></div><div class="row"><div><b><a href="https://medium.com/@comma_ai/hd-maps-for-the-masses-9a0d582dd274">hd maps for the masses</a></b><span>open-source comma maps + entium, visualizing recorded paths and lane markings beyond paywalls.</span></div></div><div class="row"><div><b><a href="./downloads/quadtree_spatialhash.pdf">quad trees vs spatial hashes</a></b><span>collision-detection algorithm comparison: bucket-based vs recursive subdivision. (pdf)</span></div></div></div><div class="block"><h2>education</h2><div class="edu"><div class="yr">2017—21</div><div><b>west chester university</b><span>b.s. computer science · b.s. business mgmt · minor mathematics</span></div></div></div><div class="block"><h2>stack</h2><div class="prompt" style="margin-bottom:8px">~/lang $</div><div class="pills"><span class="pill lang">python</span><span class="pill lang">javascript / typescript</span><span class="pill lang">java</span><span class="pill lang">html / css / less</span><span class="pill">bash</span><span class="pill">c#</span><span class="pill">c++</span><span class="pill">mathematica</span><span class="pill">visualforce</span><span class="pill">haskell</span></div><div class="prompt" style="margin:14px 0 8px">~/tools $</div><div class="pills"><span class="pill">aws</span><span class="pill">android</span><span class="pill">arcore</span><span class="pill">bootstrap</span><span class="pill">cesium</span><span class="pill">django</span><span class="pill">docker</span><span class="pill">flask</span><span class="pill">git</span><span class="pill">gae</span><span class="pill">gwt</span><span class="pill">gradle</span><span class="pill">grunt</span><span class="pill">heroku</span><span class="pill">intel realsense</span><span class="pill">jquery</span><span class="pill">mapbox</span><span class="pill">maven</span><span class="pill">netty</span><span class="pill">node.js</span><span class="pill">numpy</span><span class="pill">postgres</span><span class="pill">react</span><span class="pill">rest</span><span class="pill">semantic ui</span><span class="pill">sql</span><span class="pill">twilio</span><span class="pill">webgl</span><span class="pill">webpack</span></div></div><hr><footer><span class="prompt"><b>brandon@nyc</b> :~$ contact</span><span><a href="mailto:contact@brandonbarker.me">email</a> ·<a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks">github</a> ·<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/projectbarks/">linkedin</a> ·<a href="https://www.instagram.com/brandonbarker15/">instagram</a> ·<a href="./downloads/brandon_barker_resume_2020.pdf">resume</a></span></footer></main></body></html>
