Summary
Andres Hernandez is a Senior Data Engineer based in Berlin with over a decade of experience turning geospatial and remote-sensing research into production-ready data platforms. With a PhD in Geoinformatics and a background spanning academia, government, and industry, he specializes in designing scalable ingestion pipelines, cloud-native data products, and SDKs for heterogeneous satellite imagery sources. At UP42 he moved from research integration to senior engineering, shipping new products and improving developer tooling for spatial APIs. He has repeatedly bridged domain science and software—porting Azure/AWS pipelines for cost-performance gains and translating MVPs into polished integrations like ArcGIS add-ins. Known for combining rigorous spatial analysis with practical DevOps, he brings both deep research credibility and hands-on platform delivery experience.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geoinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Geoinformatics at University of Cincinnati
IT Project Management Certificate Project Management, IT Project Management Certificate Project Management at Universidad EAN
B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Master of Science - MS Biomedical Informatics, Master of Science - MS Biomedical Informatics at University of Pittsburgh
English, Spanish