Christopher Jordan
Senior Software Developer at Rio Tinto
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolChristopher Jordan is a Senior Software Developer and technical problem solver with 11 years’ experience bridging software engineering, scientific research and large-scale data processing. With a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a background operating radio telescope systems, he brings deep signal- and data-engineering expertise to production software and analytics pipelines. He has led projects and training across academia and industry, most recently contributing to health analytics as a Senior Data Scientist and now building engineering solutions at Rio Tinto. Comfortable in Linux-heavy, instrumented environments, he excels at turning complex scientific requirements into robust, maintainable systems. A pragmatic collaborator, he pairs research-grade rigor with hands-on coding to deliver scalable, auditable data workflows.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of TasmaniaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at James Cook University
English, German
Github Skills (140)
cpython10
astronomy10
cffi10
pypy10
ffi10
uniffi10
spinner10
telescope10
ffi-wrapper10
rust10
coordinates10
wheels10
cuda10
pypi10
packaging10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
cjordan/linux-desktop
Jan 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:58 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
MWATelescope/mwa_hyperdrive
Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
Calibration software for the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope
Contributions:2 releases, 207 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 11 months
cudaarrayradio-astronomyrustcalibration
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