# John K.

> Synthetic/Generative data for novel, low volume domains by fine tuning video foundation models.

Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/johnk1

Synthetic/Generative data for novel, low volume domains by fine tuning video foundation models.

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff Computer Vision Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2026 – Present
Working on AI + synthetic/generative data for photorealistic avatars by fine tuning video foundation models for novel, low data domains. See papers: [SIGGRAPH Asia 25'] https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05620, [arXiv] https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20246

### Staff Computer Vision Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026

### Engineering Manager @ Cruise
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### Staff Computer Vision Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022
Working on photorealistic avatars for headsets.

### Software Engineering Manager @ Meta
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Working in an applied research team in FRL. I support a team of Engineers and Research Scientists for data collection, training and evaluation of deep learning computer vision models for people related perception that millions of people around the world use!

### Computer Vision Engineer @ Meta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
Working in the People AI team in the AR/VR org. I run data collection, training and evaluation of deep learning computer vision models for people related perception that millions of people around the world use!

### Software Engineer @ YouTube
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Worked on video effects in the main YouTube iOS app on the YouTube Stories product. Led on YouTube side for launch of machine learning segmentation effects.

### Lead Engineer @ Hustle, Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Software Developer @ DoubleDutch
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

### Software Engineer @ Plumfare(Acquired by Groupon)
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/john-k-4301067a

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Last updated: 2026-04-01