Christian Werner
Senior Software Engineer at Planet
Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Werner is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable, production-grade systems for remote sensing and environmental data at Planet and leading research institutions. He specializes in ETL and GeoData toolchains, advanced analytics including machine and deep learning, and Bayesian model optimization and uncertainty quantification—bridging rigorous academic research (PhD, summa cum laude) with applied engineering. His background as a senior scientist and university lecturer gives him a strong foundation in ecological and geospatial domains, enabling him to translate complex global-change research into robust, scalable pipelines. Based in Würzburg, Germany, he combines deep domain expertise with practical software craftsmanship to deliver efficient processing of large structured and unstructured Earth-observation datasets.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Environmental Science, summa cum laude, Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Environmental Science, summa cum laude at The University of FreiburgBachelor of Arts - BA, Geography, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography at The University of QueenslandMaster of Science - MS, Geography, Master of Science - MS, Geography at The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
German, English
Github Skills (200)
parser10
python10
feature-extraction10
json-schema10
emoji10
datasets10
mlops10
deep-learning10
streamlit10
netcdf10
efficientnet10
data-validation10
algolia10
data-engineering10
pandas10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cwerner/xarray-101
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:27 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
cwerner/deadtrees
Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
Semantic Segmentation model for the detection of dead trees from ortho photos.
Contributions:322 commits, 81 PRs, 162 pushes in 1 year 8 months
pytorchphotostreessciencesemantic-segmentation
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