Derek Velez is a skilled Software Engineer currently employed at Slack since February 2023, after previously serving as a Software Engineer Intern at the same company from May 2022 to August 2022, where collaboration on data lineage visualization and back-end service improvements took place. Derek also has experience as a Lab Assistant for the Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python course at the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, assisting students with foundational Python concepts. Previous internships include a Software Engineer Intern role at Lyft, where a back-end framework and user interface were restructured to enhance user experience, as well as a Machine Learning Intern position at Allstate, where a deep neural network model was developed for identity verification. Earlier work includes being a Speech Analysis Researcher at the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics, and administrative duties as a Front Desk Receptionist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Derek holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from MIT, earned in 2022.
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