Caden Howell
Software Engineer at Amazon
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCaden Howell is a software engineer blending machine learning research and production-grade engineering, currently building systems at Amazon in New York. He holds a BS and an MS in Computer Science from Northwestern, where he focused on deep neural networks, generative AI, and transformer-augmented time-series forecasting for teleoperative robotics. Caden has hands-on experience across backend systems, databases, and embedded IoT stacks—having modernized global sensor databases, built firmware-testing pipelines for ESP32, and created client-facing analytics dashboards. His work emphasizes reducing latency and operational debugging, informed by a research background in continual learning and human motion prediction. With 17 years of engineering experience across startups and enterprise environments, he pairs rigorous academic depth with practical delivery. Colleagues describe him as an engineer who moves research ideas into reliable, measurable production outcomes.
16 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Northwestern UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Deerfield High School
Github Skills (79)
epub10
readium10
act10
java10
viewer10
logger10
ssl-certificate10
logging10
letsencrypt9
acme9
encrypt9
python9
java-server9
certbot9
clustering9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
benetech/odk-hamster
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
benetech/odk-hamsterball-java
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 73 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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