George Alexander.

I am a motivated software engineer who specialises in building data-intensive applications to support decision-making. I specialise in building systems that align with my domain interests in geography, economics, and finance. So far in my career, I have worked on city simulation, solar panel technology, and carbon farming.

Technology.

I am always interested in learning new things, but I have professional experience with:
  • Geospatial technology: ESRI, QGIS, Manifold, Rasterio, Shapely, GDAL, PDAL, STAC, TiTiler
  • Data Engineering: Dask, Coiled, Spark
  • Machine learning systems: MLFlow, Tensorflow, PyTorch
  • Containerisation: Nix, Docker
  • Cloud: Azure, AWS
  • Databases: Postgres (PostGIS), TileDB
  • API development: FastAPI, Flask
  • Programing languages: Python, Rust, and Java
  • Development best practices: Linting, Git, Testing, Github actions (CICD), Jira
  • Experience.

    ClimateFriendly, Software Engineer

    I am a software engineer in the geospatial development team. I am responsible for software that manages and tracks carbon farming projects across Australia. My responsibilities include MLOps, data pipelines (Dask), geospatial data stores (PostGIS and TileDB) and API development (FastAPI).

    Arup, Software Engineer

    I worked within the Australasian City Modelling Labs building large agent-based models built around the MATSim simulation framework. These models simulate the actions of individual agents across a transport network. The simulation pipeline utilised hundreds of large datasets to generate actionable insights for policy and investment teams. I built and maintained simulation capabilities, ETL pipelines, orchestration systems, and databases.

    Solar City, Geospatial Data Officer

    I worked as part of Solar City’s GIS team to identify roofs that were candidates for solar panels. This identification task used a mix of remote sensing and the development of an image classification program. This dataset was then used to identify the size of the New Zealand solar panel market, and for a targeted marketing program.

    Common Ground, Research Assistant

    I worked as a research assistant building feasibility studies and business cases for mixed-use developments.

    Education.

    Bachelors of Science, Economics and Geography

    Obtained at Victoria Universtiy of Wellington, 2015-2017

    Graduate Diploma of Science, Computer Science

    Obtained at Victoria Universtiy of Wellington, 2015-2018