Adrian Sonnenschein
Senior Software Engineer at Planet
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAdrian Sonnenschein is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of full-stack experience and deep expertise in geospatial and geo-scientific systems, currently building at Planet. He designs and operates high-throughput APIs, streaming pipelines, and analytics warehouses using Python, TypeScript, Go, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, BigQuery, Kafka and cloud-native tooling, and has led technical teams through product-driven reorganizations at enterprise scale. His background spans environmental science, agriculture tech, healthcare, and startups—translating domain complexity into reliable, production-grade software that handles billions of data points and millions of daily requests. Comfortable bridging technical and non-technical stakeholders, he pairs hands-on coding with system design and team coaching. Outside of work he seeks challenge and endurance—he once hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim in 11.5 hours—and enjoys off-roading adventures with his wife and dog.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
The University of ArizonaBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physical Geography and Political Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physical Geography and Political Science at University of Connecticut
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Github Skills (46)
api-client10
python-client10
api10
planet10
python9
rest8
nodejs7
api-rest7
packaging7
correctness7
installer7
database7
pip6
reliability6
geo6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ngds/ckanext-geoserver-bku03232018
Apr 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:23 commits in 7 months
ngds/data-archiver
May 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:127 commits in 2 months
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