Brandon
Kong

Portrait of Brandon Kong

Hello, I'm a software engineer based in Chicago focused on building high performance, low-level systems.

About

I build products from the ground up for startups, niche developer tools, and systems that last! I'm always trying to improve my understanding of computers and hardware, finding ways to shave off nanoseconds in critical systems, and building things that I'll only use once!

Work

Residential Sandbox Algorithm

Residential Sandbox Algorithm

keycrib

keycrib

Orofacial Atlas

Orofacial Atlas

lunit

lunit

Papers

2024 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CIBCB)

Clustering density based gene expression data in the mouse brainstem and comparison to actual neuroanatomy

Colin Buenvenida, Brandon Kong, Shane Jung, Kaiwen Kam, Jacob Furst, Thiruvarangan Ramaraj

Experience

Apr 2025 — Present

LUX VITAE

Founding Software Engineer

Architecting the future of personal desktop computing.

Nov 2025 — Apr 2026

Blueprint Studio

Design Engineer

Bridged design and engineering to build component systems and developer tooling for creative workflows.

Jan 2024 — Jan 2025

Motorola Solutions

Bioinformatics Research Assistant

Analyzed genomic datasets and developed bioinformatics pipelines to support research initiatives.

Sep 2023 — Dec 2023

NASA

Environmental Researcher

Designed an orbiter to explore habitability on Saturn's moon Enceladus, selected as one of 200 students nationwide.

Blog

What I Learned Applying ML to Real Neuroscience Data

Machine learning in the classroom gives you clean datasets. A Motorola-funded research project on brainstem motor nuclei, however, does not...

Python Machine Learning Neuroscience Research