Vera C. Rubin Observatory - Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead

May 1, 2019

Employed as Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead from 2019 – 2024:

  • Led development of interactive educational web apps that explore the science of the Rubin Observatory topics (React, Next.js, D3, three.js, aladin-lite, GraphQL, Craft CMS 4)
  • Contributed significantly to the design and migration of EPO technical infrastructure from AWS to Google Cloud (k8s, Docker, Terraform)
  • Unit and integration testing (Cypress + react-testing-library) and GitHub Actions Workflows for CI/CD
  • Led day-to-day project and people management for an Agile dev team
  • Participated in EPO planning, budgeting, and reporting
  • Hired, onboarded, and mentored EPO developers and interns, supporting them in reaching milestones, delivering features, and adopting new technologies and Agile methodologies
  • Documented internal tools and workflows
  • Managed external vendors, defined the scope, communicated between vendors and stakeholders, and reviewed deliverables