Doug Branton
Software Engineer at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDoug Branton is a software engineer with 11 years of experience focused on astronomy-driven data science and scalable scientific software, currently developing infrastructure for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s LSST at the University of Washington. He brings a strong blend of programming, machine learning, data mining, and relational database skills honed through roles at the Space Telescope Science Institute and multiple UW research projects. Doug has hands-on experience building citizen-science tools, GUI instrumentation software, and calibration pipelines, and he excels at translating complex technical results for diverse audiences. His background pairing observational astronomy with ML for real/bogus transient classification highlights a practical talent for turning domain research into production-ready systems. Based in Seattle, he contributes to open scientific software through the LINCC Frameworks initiative, bridging research needs and reliable engineering.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astronomy, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics & Astronomy at University of Washington
Github Skills (32)
python10
astronomy10
core-library10
forge10
orbital-mechanics10
astrophysics10
astropy10
astrology10
science10
astrodynamics10
hierarchical9
data-analysis9
conda8
catalog7
survey7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lincc-frameworks/nested-dask
Apr 2024 - Apr 2025
Connector project to enable Dask on Nested-Pandas
Contributions:7 releases, 27 reviews, 57 PRs in 11 months
dougbrn/redgiant_planethosts
Feb 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:311 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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