Derick Hess
Senior Backend Software Engineer at Bushel
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Top SchoolDerick Hess is a Senior Backend Software Engineer with nine years of experience building research-driven systems and leading engineering efforts across national labs, defense contractors, and scientific facilities. He currently architects backend services at Bushel and previously developed software for autonomous sensing, computational perception, and quantum hardware experiments at Sandia, SAIC, and ECS. Derick has a strong foundation in scientific data workflows from his long tenure at IRIS/PASSCAL, where he co-developed seismic data formats, led a software group, and supported field deployments worldwide. Comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and technical leadership, he combines production-grade backend skills with domain expertise in sensors and experimental data. Based in Albuquerque, he pairs an MS from Georgia Tech with practical, field-tested experience translating complex research needs into reliable, maintainable software.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (28)
toolbox10
earthquake10
data-center10
signal-processing10
obspy10
sac10
seismology10
science10
python9
clj-http5
bag4
clojure3
endpoints3
geophysics3
flask3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
derick-hess/electronics_lab
Aug 2019 - Nov 2021
Drivers and tools for my personal electronics lab equipment
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 2 years 4 months
spd3303x-edriverselectronicssiglentdriverselectronics-lab
FarmLogs/clj-config
Jul 2022 - Feb 2024
Contributions:5 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
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