# Parker Malachowsky

> Senior Software Engineer and Technical Project Lead

Location: Oakland, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/parkermalachowsky

Seeking opportunities to leverage my unique multidisciplinary skill set to advance the application of data science and AI to real world problems.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer and Technical Project Lead, MIT RAISE @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2024 – Present

### AI Curriculum Designer and Software Developer 2, Personal Robotics Group @ MIT Media Lab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

### Machine Learning Software Engineer, Simulation Lead @ DEKA Research & Development
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Manchester, NH
• Led a team of 9 developers building a simulation suite to test and validate autonomous driving
 algorithms
• Used game engines to simulate lidar, radar, camera, and ultrasonic sensors in dynamic, 3D environments to test predictive control, object detection, occupancy mapping, and target tracking algorithms
• Guided sprint planning and other scrum events; managed our continuous integration & deployment pipeline
• Participated in client demos to explain self-driving technology to technical and non-technical teams

### Machine Learning Junior Software Engineer @ DEKA Research & Development
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Manchester, NH

### Business Development Intern, AI for Healthcare @ NVIDIA
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, CA
• Proposed and developed a new tool for generating quality leads by assembling and mining a data lake of ~10,000 relevant research papers and online profiles
• Initial test of tool identified 14 new enterprise opportunities and attracted the attention of the CEO, leading to weekly progress meetings with him; codebase was passed off to an internal data science team to continue development
• Chaired 7 sessions of the “AI Driven Healthcare” track at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2017

### Product Designer & Developer @ The Kuhn/Hicks Laboratory
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | The Bridge@USC, Los Angeles
• Designed, developed, and user tested CancerBase — a tool for cancer patients to share their experiences and learn from other patients 
• Produced visuals, slides, and live demos for: The White House’s South By South Lawn Festival; Dr. Jerry Lee, Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute; and the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research

• Organized HackForHealth, a +70-person hackathon that brought together students, patients, and researchers to build worthwhile solutions for cancer patients

### UX & Graphic Design Intern @ Ronald McDonald House at Stanford
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Developed marketing pamphlet for Family Support Services and collateral for SupportCommunity.com

### Live Stream Production Assistant @ Corrino
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Las Vegas, Nevada Area
• Managed the technology and crew filming the Main Stage of the EDC Music Festival (streamed by an average of 20k viewers)
• Directly oversaw and coordinated 15 camera operators and utility personnel

### Motion Graphic Designer @ PayPal
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Served as lead on a company-wide internal marketing project 
• Animated, voiced, and scored a 4-minute commercial to promote a new staging technology; increased its adoption by 250%


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Iovine & Young Academy for Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation
University of Southern California

### Film/Video Production in Motion Graphics, Graphic Design
Freestyle Academy of Communication Arts and Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/parker-malachowsky
- Portfolio: http://parkermalachowsky.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13