# Derek Qin

> Caltech CS + IDS

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

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Databricks
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Lakeflow Foundations

### Software Engineer Intern @ Databricks
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
Delta Live Tables Streaming Observability

### Software Engineer Intern @ Google
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Kirkland, Washington, United States
Cloud Compute FE Infra

### Machine Learning Researcher @ Caltech
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Pasadena, California, United States
Caltech Tensor Lab

Improved Fourier Neural Operator performance on PDEs with nonperiodic boundary conditions by up to 15% by designing a Fourier Continuation-based neural network

Generated PDE dataset with less than 0.0001% error for the Darcy flow problem using FEniCS, a finite elements solver for Python

### Research Software Engineer @ Boston University
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Developed computer vision analysis software using to speed up MOSS analysis and improve precision of surface stress measurements by up to 30%


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Caltech

### High School Diploma
Plano West Senior High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/dqin

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Last updated: 2026-04-05