Maxwell Clarke
Data API Developer
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolMaxwell Clarke is a Data API Developer and independent AI researcher with 11 years of software engineering experience, blending full-stack and DevOps expertise with graduate-level deep learning research. He holds an MS in Computer Science (Deep Learning) and completed a thesis applying transformers to hand-pose modeling, then spent 2023 training and inspecting transformer models to advance AI safety and alignment. Maxwell has built CI/CD infrastructure for a cryptocurrency exchange, led DevOps work on multi-blockchain prototypes, and delivers production data APIs at NZX, working across Python, C#, React, GCP and Azure. He’s curious and hands-on—building a personal programming language (Kal), experimenting with embedded ML for pedestrian counting, and exploring distributed systems and game development. Passionate about effective altruism, he aims to steer his technical career toward high-impact problems like global health, animal welfare, and AI existential risk.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Otago Boys' High SchoolNelson CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree at University of CanterburyMaster of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (96)
python10
deep-learning10
game-development10
godot10
game-engine10
linux10
jax10
data-science10
tensorflow10
pytorch10
open-source10
machine-learning10
nixos9
neural-network9
nix9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
maxeonyx/website
Feb 2020 - May 2023
My personal website
Contributions:2 PRs, 35 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 4 months
reactnextjs
maxeonyx/kal
Jan 2019 - Oct 2022
Contributions:125 commits, 137 pushes, 16 branches in 3 years 9 months
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