Colin Braley
Staff SWE - Tech Lead & Manager at Waymo
Vienna, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolColin Braley is a Staff Software Engineer and tech lead at Waymo with 14 years of experience building machine perception and 3D computer vision systems for self-driving vehicles. He combines deep academic roots in computer graphics and BRDF material measurement with hands-on experience in lidar perception, GPU programming, and ML from stints at Google[x], Street View, and visual effects R&D. Colin has a track record of turning research-grade imaging and rendering techniques into production perception pipelines, and he’s led teams that make cars "see" complex real-world scenes. Notably, his background includes high-performance GPU work from medical imaging raytracing to OpenCL-based compositing, reflecting a consistent focus on real-time, data-intensive vision systems. Based in Vienna, VA, he brings both technical leadership and a research-informed approach to practical, safety-critical autonomy problems.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Virginia TechMaster of Science, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science, Computer Science, 4.0 at University of Virginia
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Github Skills (25)
image-processing10
radiance10
hdr10
computer-vision10
benchmark9
python9
opencv9
deep-learning9
openexr9
camera9
cpp8
benchmarking8
microbenchmark8
bazel-rules7
bazel6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
cbraley/renderer
Mar 2012 - Sep 2012
Contributions:36 commits in 5 months
cbraley/threadpool
Sep 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:22 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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