Allonte Barakat
Machine Learning Engineer at Nike
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAllonte Barakat is a Machine Learning Engineer in Portland with 10 years of experience building high-performance systems that blend computer vision, HCI, and user-centered design. He has driven scalable analytics, low-latency backends, and interactive frontends at Intel and Nike—delivering measurable productivity gains like 100+ engineering hours saved monthly and up to 300% latency and uptime improvements. Comfortable across the full stack, he pairs engineering rigor (Python, cloud services, REST/NoSQL, embedded/graphics stacks) with graphic design and psychology-informed UX to make complex data and models approachable. His background includes performance tooling, ETL/DB architecture, and prototyping immersive applications, and he even lends his voice to creative projects—highlighting a rare mix of technical depth and creative instincts.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Graphic Design at Academy of Art UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Liberal Studies and Neuroscience, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Liberal Studies and Neuroscience at Portland State Universityn/a, Interactive Media and Game Development & Computer Science, n/a, Interactive Media and Game Development & Computer Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
English, Japanese
Github Skills (13)
act9
lua9
sqlalchemy6
generic-interface5
kivy-framework4
memcached4
redis3
particle-system2
love2d2
python2
caching2
ethereum1
blockchain1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Acbarakat/CrystalVision
Mar 2023 - Jan 2026
Contributions:15 PRs, 162 pushes, 19 branches in 2 years 10 months
Acbarakat/OverlayPlugin-themes
Jul 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 11 months
layoutsoverlayplugin
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