Summary
Justin Heaton is a San Francisco–based software engineer with nine years of experience focusing on machine learning and computer vision, currently building production systems at LinkedIn. He has deep hands-on expertise training neural networks for image segmentation, instance segmentation, and object detection, and mentors others through code review roles in self-driving car and ML nanodegree programs. His background blends practical product delivery with applied research—he studied quantum machine learning and holds multiple Udacity nanodegrees—bringing a curiosity-driven, continuously learning mindset to rapidly evolving ML stacks. Before engineering, he founded a freelance virtual tour photography business, which gives him practical visual-domain intuition that informs model design and data collection decisions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Nanodegree, Machine Learning Engineer, Nanodegree, Machine Learning Engineer at Udacity
Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Machine Learning at University of Toronto
Bachelor of Science (BS), Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies, Bachelor of Science (BS), Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies at Maharishi University of Management
Chinese, English