João Faro
Principal Computer Vision Engineer at Magic Leap
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolJoão Faro is a Principal Computer Vision Engineer based in Zurich with 11 years of experience bridging research and product-grade perception systems. He has progressed through multiple senior roles at Magic Leap, leading and shipping computer vision features for spatial computing since 2017. His background combines real-time C/C++ systems for industrial monitoring with higher-level perception algorithm design, reflecting both low-level performance tuning and algorithmic rigor. João’s work includes published research from his ISR projects and hands-on development of multi-threaded detection, tracking and classification pipelines. He is particularly skilled at turning research prototypes into robust, production-ready vision modules for AR/embedded platforms.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master's degree Electrical and Computer Engineering at Universidade de Coimbra
English, French, Portuguese
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Github Skills (22)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
cmake10
deep-learning10
computer-vision10
cpp10
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
joaofaro/SVMSGD
Jul 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
joaofaro/FHOG
Jul 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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