Michael Gathara
Software Engineer at Apple
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Gathara is a software engineer with eight years of hands-on experience spanning full-stack development, AI/ML, and research-driven tooling, currently at Apple after recent roles at Motion and Summit Technology Consulting. He holds an MS in Computer Science and an MBA from UAB, where he also supported seven undergraduate and graduate courses and contributed to high-performance compilers and static analysis in a research lab. His background bridges industry-grade engineering (GPU tools at Apple, internal tooling at DarkTower) with applied medical research—publishing work in computational optometry and building cardiac data tools. Michael has contributed to prominent open-source ML infrastructure including PyTorch and NVIDIA Dynamo, reflecting a focus on production-ready ML systems. Equally comfortable in Python, C++, and full-stack JavaScript, he combines technical depth with business insight to turn complex data and research problems into deployable software. A Seattle-based engineer, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor, startup agility, and domain crossover into healthcare and finance.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Spanish, Chinese, Swahili, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (85)
python10
resolver10
deep-learning10
gpu10
gpu-acceleration10
webscraper10
apple-silicon10
csc10
webscraping10
numpy10
neural-network10
swift10
tensor10
autograd10
linux-containers10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
UABACM/first-contribution-uab
Oct 2022 - Nov 2024
Create your first contribution while learning about Git
Contributions:32 reviews, 66 PRs, 78 pushes in 2 years 1 month
harp-lab/brouhaha
May 2023 - Nov 2024
A minimal Racket-like language
Contributions:7 reviews, 22 PRs, 175 pushes in 1 year 6 months
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