Billy Porter
Research Engineer at Google DeepMind
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBilly Porter is a research engineer in New York with seven years of experience building and shipping large-scale ML and systems software, currently focused on improving Gemini’s coding capabilities at Google DeepMind and contributing to Gemini Code at Google Labs. His work bridges production engineering and cutting-edge language models for code, with a track record of shipping privacy-safe, high-performance systems across Ads serving and event pipelines. Academically grounded in computer science from Notre Dame, he has published first-author papers in visualization and led applied NLP projects using LLMs for weakly supervised classification and document comparison. Early-career wins include solving a longstanding statistical problem in CyTOF data at MGH and delivering award-winning intern projects at Google, demonstrating a knack for turning research into practical tools. Colleagues would note his unusual blend of deep engineering rigor, applied ML research, and a history of presenting technical work to large, nontechnical audiences.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (6)
tmux8
powerline6
python3
machine-learning3
rust2
pytorch2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
billyporter/step
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:41 commits, 16 PRs, 33 pushes in 28 days
billyporter/GMapr
Jun 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:168 commits, 29 PRs, 58 pushes in 1 month
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