Cameron Pittman
Software Engineer at Jacobs
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolCameron Pittman is a software engineer with 12 years of experience building systems for human spaceflight and web education, currently developing EVA and surface-analysis software at NASA Johnson Space Center. He combines a strong front-end background—shaped by years contributing to Udacity’s Nanodegrees and public repos like the Front End Nanodegree content and Exoplanet Explorer—with applied autonomy and mission operations research. Previously a prolific course and content developer and full-stack engineer at Udacity, he’s taught hundreds of thousands of students and automated grading and project workflows. Cameron’s work blends rigorous academic training (BA in Physics, MA in Teaching, MS in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT) with practical product delivery, from interactive educational UIs to operational tools used in crewed spacecraft analysis. An educator at heart, he brings clarity to complex domains and a habit of improving UX and code quality across both open-source and mission-critical projects.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master of Science - MS, Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Arts (M.A.), Teaching, Master of Arts (M.A.), Teaching at Belmont UniversityB.A., Physics, B.A., Physics at Vanderbilt University
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Github Skills (18)
javascript10
css10
polymer10
user-interface10
web-components10
ui-design10
interface-design10
front-end-development10
html10
web-development10
performance-optimization9
google-maps-api9
react6
nodejs6
drake6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
udacity/exoplanet-explorer
Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Learn more about Exoplanets! (built for Promises course)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:288 commits, 4 PRs, 199 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Cameron focused on developing the front-end components and structure of the web application. They worked on integrating Polymer elements and creating UI components, including planet-thumb and scale-visualizer. The commits demonstrate improvements in UI organization, layout, and visual presentation. They also addressed bugs and implemented necessary features to enhance the user experience of the exoplanet explorer.
promisespythonexoplanets
udacity/frontend-nanodegree-resume
Sep 2014 - Dec 2016
This repository is used for one of the projects in Udacity's Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree program. Learn how to become a Front-End Developer today with line-by-line code reviewed projects and get a job with career services!
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 39 PRs, 10 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Cameron primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Udacity resume project. Their work involved fixing bugs, such as adding missing semicolons and updating the Google Maps API to reflect recent API changes. They also refactored and improved the CSS styles and layout of the resume, showing a focus on visual presentation. Additionally, the user performed updates to the HTML and JavaScript files, ensuring the project met Udacity's standards.
frontend
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