# Marcel V.

> Building the ML Platform @ Roblox — Principal Software Engineer

Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/marcelv

Senior Software Engineer with a demonstrated history developing consumer-focus products on iOS, MacOS and Web.

Extensive experience working with machine learning focused products, with a keen interest in the intersect between research and product.

Skillset includes;
- Optimization of machine learning pipelines for edge deployment
- E2E product development; from model, backend all the way to frontend. 
- Demonstrated experience working with research/data scientists to develop compelling UX focused products.
- Experience managing a full stack team developing a top ranking iOS app.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Roblox
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Principal Software Engineer @ Roblox. Working on distributed systems and ML pipelines across the Roblox stack. Serving AI to millions of users through Studio and Engine.

### Senior iOS Engineer @ Sway
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | New Zealand
Senior iOS engineer. Worked on development of Sway iOS app, collaborating with product and ML to create end-to-end features. 

Sway was acquired in late 2021 by Roblox.

### Lead Software Engineer @ Formalytics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | London, England, United Kingdom
Our mission is to help footballers measure, improve and broadcast their skills by real-time mobile diagnostics and personalised improvement plans, delivered by world-leading players and coaches. myKicks by Formalytics is the no. 1 most downloaded sporting app (overtaking the official FIFA World Cup App) during the Russia World Cup 2018.

### Computer Vision Engineer @ myKicks
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Perth, Australia

### Software Engineer @ Formalytics
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Perth, Australia

### Software Developer @ Powershop NZ Ltd
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Wellington

### Tutor @ Victoria University of Wellington
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand
Teaching first year engineering students ENGR101 (Fundamental principles of engineering) and COMP102 (Basic object-oriented programming in Java)


## Education
### Software Engineering in Computer Software Engineering
Victoria University of Wellington

### Taikura Rudolf Steiner


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

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Source: https://flows.cv/marcelv
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/marcelv/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-03-30