Dirk Haupt
AI Architect Engineer at EA Funds (YC W17)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolDirk Haupt is an AI architect and full-stack engineer with 11 years of experience building research-grade and production web and desktop applications, currently focused on React, Next.js, TypeScript, Django, Docker and AWS. He brings a unique blend of neuroscience research background (MSc) and software craftsmanship, having built tools used by international domain experts—one of which is cited in the neurophotonics literature—and a cross-platform Python/Qt application for large-scale data exploration. Dirk has moved between startups and mission-driven orgs, shipping AI and full-stack systems for teams from Vancouver to the Bay Area and contributing to product and content efforts at EA-aligned organisations. Known for designing extensible, domain-focused tooling, he pairs pragmatic engineering with curiosity-driven worldbuilding outside of work.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc - Neuroscience (Thesis: Mesoscale brain explorer a flexible python-based image analysis and visualization tool), M.Sc - Neuroscience (Thesis: Mesoscale brain explorer a flexible python-based image analysis and visualization tool) at The University of British ColumbiaFulltime Software Engineering, Fulltime Software Engineering at App Academy
English, Afrikaans
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
playing10
jupyter10
tailwindcss10
dailymotion9
bokeh9
javascript9
react-leaflet9
react-component9
django9
wistia9
altair9
image-stabilization9
api9
ipywidgets9
server-side9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Frikster/CircuitSolverApp
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:125 commits, 121 pushes, 10 branches in 7 months
eaconway/wtpa_flex
Oct 2018 - Sep 2021
Contributions:9 PRs, 17 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 11 months
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