Dexter Callender
Design Engineer at Anthropic
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDexter Callender is a design engineer and full‑stack software developer with a decade of experience building products at the intersection of research, design, and production engineering. Currently at Anthropic after completing an M.S. at MIT Media Lab, he blends human-centered media arts research with practical system design to prototype forward-looking AI interfaces. His background spans fintech R&D at Goldman Sachs, creative engineering and senior roles at Compass, and independent consulting for clients in AI, healthcare tech, and decentralized governance. Dexter has a strong foundation in CS from Columbia and a track record of shipping both experimental research projects and production services. He often bridges disciplines—bringing 3D fabrication and robotics experience into software solutions—which helps him translate ambiguous requirements into tangible prototypes. Based in New York, he favors roles that sit between design, research, and scalable engineering.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
M.S., Media Arts & Sciences, M.S., Media Arts & Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Columbia University - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied ScienceInternational Baccalaureate Scholar with Diploma, ENGINEERING, International Baccalaureate Scholar with Diploma, ENGINEERING at Gulliver Preparatory
English
Github Skills (12)
rabbitmq10
blockchain9
react9
ethereum9
management9
places-autocomplete5
autocomplete5
google-places-autocomplete4
google-places4
google-api3
autosuggest3
openvdb1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dextercallender/dextercallender.github.io
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
dextercallender/machine-learning-scikitLearn-python
Dec 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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