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BEN MATHEWS

Seattle,WA

Summary

Dynamic systems and software engineer with a proven track record in developing real-time user interfaces and robust device infrastructure for augmented reality wearables at scale. Passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology to create immersive and intuitive applications.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

Meta Platforms
Seattle, WA
07.2022 - Current
  • Engineered end-to-end attention UI overlay system for Meta's assistant experiences, enhancing user interaction with live agent avatars and streaming status indicators.
  • Developed reference-counted display power management system to streamline operations across smart glasses and smart displays.
  • Directed assistant UI horizontalization and unified UX initiatives, overseeing all phases from specification authoring to implementation.

Software Developer - Intern

CarmaCam
Los Angeles, CA
06.2022 - 06.2023
  • Led development of iOS applications utilizing CoreML framework and bounding box analysis for real-time traffic violation detection.
  • Coordinated a team of ML engineers to work on implementing new detection models into the iOS and Android codebases for both real-time and backend traffic violation detection

Research Developer

Applegate Research Group
Los Angeles, CA
01.2021 - 06.2021
  • Studied Convolutional Neural Network models to accurately predict the human ear’s interpretation of various audio signals in order to contribute to smarter hearing aid development

Teaching Assistant

Programming Systems Design
Los Angeles, CA
06.2021 - 06.2023
  • Assisted students with new programming techniques during weekly lab sessions. Provided support through office hours and monitored an online forum to address questions on topics like programming practices and assignment help.

Education

Master of CS -

University of Southern CA
05-2022

Bachelor of Fine Arts - undefined

Carnegie Mellon University
01-2016

Skills

  • Claude Code, Codex
  • Agentic Development
  • IOS/Android/AOSP Development
  • Version control
  • Testing and debugging
  • Proficient - Java, Kotlin, C
  • Familiar - Rust, Swift

Timeline

Software Engineer

Meta Platforms
07.2022 - Current

Software Developer - Intern

CarmaCam
06.2022 - 06.2023

Teaching Assistant

Programming Systems Design
06.2021 - 06.2023

Research Developer

Applegate Research Group
01.2021 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Fine Arts - undefined

Carnegie Mellon University

Master of CS -

University of Southern CA