# Brandon Cavins

> SWE @ Google

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/brandoncavins

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2022 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States

### Software Engineer @ Unknown
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Apple Valley, California, United States
- Worked on various projects to refine programming skills and gain experience
- Created sudoku solver in C and GUI in python. The solver utilized the backtracking algorithm and the GUI was created using pygame.
- Built Django web application for organizing recipes. Utilized a relational SQL database (PostgreSQL) to store related data such as recipes, shopping lists, and ingredients.
- Built a real-time chat web app that utilizes a REST API and websockets to transfer data between the client and server. The server-side code is written in Go using the Fiber framework and the client-side code is written in React.js. User information and messages are stored in a Mongo database. The database and server-side code are dockerized and the app is deployed on Vultr (a VPS).

### Tutor @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Apple Valley, California, United States
- Took responsibility for my little brother's education while in quarantine
- Helped him with homework while allowing him to think through problems and come to his own conclusions

### FPGA Engineer @ Unknown
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
- I taught myself digital logic and FPGA development through various textbooks.
- For around half a year I spent my time working on small FPGA projects to ensure that I understood the basics of FPGA development.
- I then worked on an SoC based on the Microblaze MCS. This SoC was intented to handle various serial communication protocols (UART, I2C, SPI). I designed it in SystemVerilog and wrote the drivers in C++.
- The next project was a 5-stage pipelined RISC-V CPU designed in Verilog. I handled RAW hazards through data forwarding and I handled control hazards by moving the comparator into the ID stage.
- I wrote an assembly program to test the functionality and loaded it into instruction memory.
- Finally, I designed a direct digital frequency synthesizer with a low-pass FIR filter with 15 taps capable of generating and modulating sinusoidal waves up to 5MHz.

### Data Scientist @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Apple Valley, California, United States
- Took an online data science course where I learned to use scikit learn, pandas, and tensorflow to create predictive models
- After completing the course, I worked on various projects related to data science (https://github.com/bzeeno/Data-Science)

### BPhysics.com Founder @ Unknown
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019
- Built a website for educating high-school students on computational research in physics and astronomy. 
- Created around 10 hours worth of educational videos  
- Built the website using MongoDB and Node.js

### Research Assistant @ University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Santa Cruz, California, United States

### Physics Tutor @ University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Santa Cruz, California, United States

### Customer Service Representative @ Ross Stores, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Santa Cruz, California, United States


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Astrophysics
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/brandon-cavins-4070b016b

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Last updated: 2026-03-22