-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 0
Expand file tree
/
Copy pathcv.html
More file actions
1 lines (1 loc) · 19.2 KB
/
Copy pathcv.html
File metadata and controls
1 lines (1 loc) · 19.2 KB
1
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><title>cv · Brandon Barker</title><meta name="description" content="Staff software engineer at Uber building software that maps the world. Tinkerer, inventor, NYC."><meta name="theme-color" content="#5f82ff"><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:site_name" content="Brandon Barker"><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/cv"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta name="twitter:title" content="Brandon Barker, Staff Software Engineer"><meta name="twitter:description" content="Building software that maps the world. Staff SWE at Uber, NYC."><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&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500&display=swap"><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_astro/Base.DJmKpLXX.css"></head><body><main class="wrap"><div class="topbar" id="top"><span class="prompt"><b>brandon@nyc</b> :~$ cat cv.txt<span class="cursor"></span></span><nav class="tabs"><a href="/">~/root</a><a href="/cv" class="active">~/cv</a></nav></div><h1>brandon barker</h1><p class="role">staff software engineer</p><div class="meta"><span>~/nyc</span><span>uber/marketplace</span><span>wcu '21</span></div><nav class="jump" aria-label="sections"><a href="#projects">projects</a><a href="#writing">writing</a><a href="#work">work</a><a href="#activities">activities</a><a href="#awards">awards</a><a href="#education">education</a></nav><div class="block" id="projects"><h2>projects</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="ramily"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://app.wcuramily.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="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="entium"><div class="yr">2019</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/commaai/entium" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="wordiel"><div class="yr">2018</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/Wordiel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="ycdsmatcher"><div class="yr">2017</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://devpost.com/software/ycdsmatcher" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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><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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="stemhacks"><div class="yr">2016</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/STEMHacks-Admin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="boostogy"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/boostogy/kggdhabjkonkgnmmcnbjeiifllidfgde" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="middlemeets"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://bitbucket.org/ProjectBarks/middlemeets" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="beatsync"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/beatsync" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="convoanalyzer"><div class="yr">2015</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/PersonalityEvaluation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="ioculist"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/springle/iOculist" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="ftcscouter"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/OOTBScouter" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="infinitycache"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/ProjectBarks/infinity-cache" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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="dynapp"><div class="yr">2014</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://github.com/dynapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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></div><section class="block articles posts" id="writing" aria-label="writing"><h2>writing</h2><div class="row"><div class="yr"><time datetime="2026-07-28">2026 jul 28</time></div><div class="what"><b><a href="/writing/headroom-fewer-tokens-bigger-bill">headroom cut 39% of my tokens and raised my claude bill</a></b><span>headroom cut 39% of input tokens off an agentic coding benchmark and the bill, if anything, went up. prompt caching is why, and most savings meters cannot see it.</span></div></div><div class="row"><div class="yr"><time datetime="2020-06-18">2020 jun 18</time></div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://www.wcupa.edu/president/bBarker.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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 class="yr"><time datetime="2019-08-06">2019 aug 06</time></div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://cesium.com/blog/2019/08/06/webodm-ships-with-cesium-ion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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 class="yr"><time datetime="2019-07-08">2019 jul 08</time></div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://cesium.com/blog/2019/07/08/blender-addon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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 class="yr"><time datetime="2018-08-17">2018 aug 17</time></div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://medium.com/@comma_ai/hd-maps-for-the-masses-9a0d582dd274" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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 class="yr"><time datetime="2016-12-15">2016 dec 15</time></div><div class="what"><b><a href="./downloads/quadtree_spatialhash.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quad trees vs spatial hashes</a></b><span>collision-detection algorithm comparison: bucket-based vs recursive subdivision. (pdf)</span></div></div></section><div class="block" id="work"><h2>work</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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" id="activities"><h2>activities</h2><div class="row"><div class="yr">2018 →</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://hackwcu.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" id="awards"><h2>awards</h2><div class="row"><div class="yr">2020</div><div class="what"><b><a href="https://top.mlh.io/2020/profiles/brandon-barker" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">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><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></div><div class="block" id="education"><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><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" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">github</a> · <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/projectbarks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">linkedin</a></span><span class="totop"><a href="#top">^ top</a></span></footer></main><script type="module" src="/_astro/Analytics.astro_astro_type_script_index_0_lang.C1QfwpSA.js"></script></body></html>