Daniel Patterson
Senior Geospatial Data Engineer
City of Troy, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Patterson is a Senior Geospatial Data Engineer with nine years of experience building data orchestration, ETL, and mapping solutions for transportation, land use, and energy clients. He blends hands-on engineering—migrating pipelines from Databricks to Dagster, generating vector and raster tiles, and building full-stack applications—with a knack for data governance and cross-functional stakeholder management. Daniel has led small technical teams, secured new business through proposal work, and delivered tools for equity and safety analysis used in federal and municipal contexts. Based in Troy, NY, he consults on nationwide parcel datasets and integrations with platforms like Salesforce, pairing technical depth with practical product thinking. A background in urban transport and political theory gives him a rare ability to translate policy needs into transparent, reproducible geospatial analytics.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.A Political Theory, B.A Political Theory at University at AlbanyMaster of Science (MS) Urban Transport, Master of Science (MS) Urban Transport at University of Glasgow
Github Skills (10)
urban-planning9
logic8
finder8
python6
database5
planning4
postgis4
sustainability3
open-data3
spatial-analysis2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
tooledesign/Safer-Streets-Priority-Finder
Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
The Safer Streets Priority Finder enables you to analyze the risk to bicyclists and pedestrians on your community’s roads.
Contributions:1 release, 103 commits, 6 PRs in 8 months
pedestrianscivic-techpedestrianriskfinder
Bikingman/cycleosmdata
Jul 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:1 release, 45 commits, 10 PRs in 8 months
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