Derek Miller
Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Miller is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir with 12 years of practical experience building ML-driven systems that bridge math and software to solve real-world problems. A recent MSE graduate from the University of Michigan, he blends robotics and autonomy experience—from leading a university navigation team and robotics research in Berlin to shipping parallelized edge simulations during a Palantir internship. He has led large student hackathons and raised significant sponsorships, showing an ability to translate technical vision into organized, high-impact events. Comfortable across ML, NLP, and automation, Derek focuses on creating reliable, production-ready tools that save time and improve safety. He’s equally at home debugging systems-level issues or sketching mathematical models, and he’s known for iterating quickly to refine both code and approach.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science in Engineering - BSE, Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude at University of MichiganMaster’s of Science in Engineering - MSE, Computer Science, Master’s of Science in Engineering - MSE, Computer Science at University of Michigan College of Engineering
Github Skills (32)
data-quality10
data-integrity10
exploratory-data-analysis10
eda10
pipeline10
data-profiling10
data-science9
data-validation9
crossword9
topological-data-analysis9
dvc9
abaqus9
mlops9
factorization9
self-organizing-map9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dgmiller/portfolio
May 2014 - Nov 2018
Contributions:27 commits, 61 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 6 months
dgmiller/polyrand
Nov 2017 - Sep 2019
Contributions:28 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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