Summary
Alexander Ou is a Staff Software Engineer at Luminar Technologies in Palo Alto, bringing a decade of experience shaping AI-powered perception and autonomous driving systems. He has hands-on leadership across Mercedes-Benz R&D, Gatik, Aquifi, and Luminar, focusing on object tracking, sensor fusion, trajectory generation, and robust incident reporting infrastructure. His work spans 3D camera solutions, real-time computer vision, and deploying end-to-end pipelines in C++ and Python, including YOLOv3-based recognition and OCR integrations. He excels at collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to ship features on time and scale complex systems in real-world environments. An alumnus of UC Santa Cruz with a CS degree in Game Design, he merges rigorous software engineering with a creative, systems-level mindset. Based in the Bay Area, he is open to connecting with peers to discuss AI, autonomy, and the future of tech.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Stanford University