Dominik Argast
Senior Software Development Engineer at Intrepid Geophysics
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDominik Argast is a Senior Software Development Engineer based in Melbourne with eight years in commercial software engineering and a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Basel. He blends deep mathematical and geophysical domain knowledge with strong C++, Java and data visualization skills, shipping production-grade tools at Esri and previously developing advanced geophysical algorithms at Intrepid Geophysics. His work spans signal processing, spatial and Fourier filtering, gravity data correction, forward modelling and stochastic inversion—skills rooted in a research background that produced peer-reviewed publications. Dominik is comfortable translating complex scientific methods into polished GUIs and robust libraries used by industry clients such as Rio Tinto and DeBeers. Colleagues value his ability to bridge research and product delivery, mentoring users and presenting new techniques at conferences. An unusual strength is his combination of formal astrophysics training and hands-on geoscience software development, enabling him to solve both theoretical and practical engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, magna cum laude, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Astrophysics, magna cum laude at University of Basel, Switzerland
German, French, English
Github Skills (10)
eagle8
tilesets6
fltk6
map-editor6
tilemap6
tiles5
arcgis4
arcore3
augmented-reality2
webgl2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
Esri/Trek2There
Mar 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:247 commits, 58 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
Esri/TilePackageKreator
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
Tile Package Kreator
Contributions:5 reviews, 3 comments in 6 months
fltkmap-editortilesettilemaptile
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