# Felix Portillo > Software Engineer - Backend/AI Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/felixportillo Software engineer at Quindar Feel free to connect and reach out via LinkedIn message! ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer - Backend @ Quindar Jan 2026 – Present ### Software Engineer - Backend @ Hinge Health Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, CA Backend/Platform Engineering: - API Design - AI Integrations - Algorithm Development - Database Management - CI/CD Optimizations ### Software Engineer @ Kayhan Space - A Techstars Portfolio Company Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 Software Engineer where I focused on: partnering with our Astrophysics team to develop algorithms for satellite collision detection/avoidance; working with the product team to build customer-facing APIs; and everything in between from building micro-services for our various internal/external tools, managing databases, and deploying said services to scale. ### Computer Engineer - Laboratory for Embedded and Progammable Systems @ University of California, Davis Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | Davis, California Explored, prototyped, and validated methodologies for hardware acceleration techniques for machine learning and 2D visual recognition applied to mobile devices (microcontrollers, self driving cars) by balancing processing, storage, and training requirements. Met fast-paced publication deadlines by partnering with Ph.D. students to design neural networks to solve complex problems in image recognition for embedded system applications. Optimized data processing for training/testing through GPU acceleration. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant - Machine Learning for Computer Engineers (EEC 289Q) @ University of California, Davis Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Davis, California Assisted graduate-level course on machine learning fundamentals Provided lectures on key machine learning topics, such as backpropagation, and popular deep learning frameworks, such as TensorFlow. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant - Autonomous Vehicle Design Project (EEC195A/B) @ University of California, Davis Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Davis, California Led labs that taught senior-level undergraduate students microcontroller programming, motor control, Bluetooth communication, and circuit board design in relation to autonomous vehicles. The goal of their projects was to have a self-driving car navigate a fixed course in the shortest amount of time possible. ### Software Engineering Intern @ Deepen AI Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Santa Clara, California Adapted popular deep learning algorithms for object detection on autonomous vehicle 3D environment point cloud datasets using TensorFlow with Python. Optimized data processing through GPU acceleration in Python for use in neural network training and testing Integrated deep learning models into the company's proprietary 2D/3D annotation web application using React.js for testing. ### Computer Engineer @ San Francisco State University Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco State University Research of Artificial Neural Network algorithms and architectures that can be efficiently implemented in mixed-signal hardware systems for supervised learning and pattern recognition. Simulated numerical approximations of critical deep learning functions on Memristor-based circuits ### Research Assistant @ Power Engineering/Motor Drives Lab Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco State University Assisted Dr. Jin Ye in researching power electronics and battery management systems for hybrid electric vehicles along with a team of fellow students. We ran simulations of electric machines using MATLAB's Simulink and PSIM. As the only computer engineering student on the team, I was also responsible for programming embedded systems with C and VHDL for battery control. ### Instructor @ Eye Level Learning Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Math instructor for children aged 3-18. Topics range from identifying numbers to pre-calculus. ### Cashier @ Cultivé Frozen Yogurt Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 I tended to the store and was in charge of daily store operations such as cleaning, maintaining the yogurt machines, counting money, and taking inventory. I also functioned as the cashier, dealing with customers and handling money. ## Education ### Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering University of California, Davis ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Engineering San Francisco State University ### High School Diploma St. Ignatius College Preparatory ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/felixportillo --- Source: https://flows.cv/felixportillo JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/felixportillo/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30