Justin Francis
Software Engineer II at Datadog
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Francis is a software engineer with 10 years of experience specializing in C++, Python, control systems, and distributed computing, currently building Datadog's first generative AI product. He brings a rare mechatronics mindset from a dual BS in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, applied across autonomous drones, robotic perception, and electric racecar controls. Justin has a strong track record in embedded and ROS-based systems, sensor fusion and collision avoidance, and has moved between hardware-near work and cloud-facing products at startups like Nimble and Sarcos. Notably, he has converted legacy engineering stacks to modern C++17 and led cost-reduction and manufacturability efforts on prosthetics and aerospace projects, demonstrating both systems depth and practical engineering impact. Based in New York, he combines product-focused development with hands-on robotics expertise, making him effective at bridging edge devices and distributed software platforms.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
Github Skills (93)
python10
gymnasium10
deep-learning10
ml10
uri10
neural-network10
q-learning10
data-science10
tensorflow10
machine-learning10
deep-neural-networks10
matlab9
api9
semantic-web9
parser9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wagonhelm/Deep-Policy-Gradient
Dec 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:7 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
wagonhelm/.vim
Sep 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
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