Elmer Vasquez

Research Scientist/Engineer Intern - Adobe Inc - San Francisco, CA

(2025-05 - 2025-08)

Built an image-processing pipeline for single-image parallax: estimating depth, reprojecting to a point cloud with camera movement, and using Adobe Firefly's inpainting API to fill occluded regions
Evaluated novel-view-synthesis methods and depth estimators (MiDaS, Depth Anything, Apple Depth Pro) for fine-detail preservation

Research Scientist/Engineer Intern - Adobe Inc - San Francisco, CA

(2024-05 - 2024-08)

Added neural relighting to an internal Gaussian splatting renderer, compiling trained MLP models into GLSL shaders for real-time dynamic lighting on the web
Built the model-to-shader data pipeline: a Python tool packing MLP weights and biases into the renderer's asset format for GPU-side sampling at runtime

Quality Assurance Engineer - Trivial - Los Angeles, CA

(2023-11 - 2024-05)

Debugged REST API and backend services by testing authentication flows and authorization edge cases, identifying failures from invalid inputs and permission issues
Authored client-facing documentation and technical diagrams for open-source services using Vitepress
Designed a TypeScript permissions class in Vue.js with Jest unit tests for routing, conditional rendering, and role-based access control

Computer Graphics Lead Grader - Baskin School of Engineering - Santa Cruz, CA

(2022-09 - 2022-12)

Managed weekly grading efforts for over 100 student assignments in WebGL, GLSL, and Three.js coding
Held office hours to explain grading decisions and help students improve their graphics programming

Software Engineer Intern - GoodRx - Santa Monica, CA

(2022-06 - 2022-09)

Collaborated with Chief Architect to create comprehensive documentation for services, databases, and integrations using OpsLevel, effectively communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Migrated legacy SQL tables referencing pharmacy claims to enable more accurate pricing for data analysts

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