Dustin Michels
Software Engineer at Journey
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolDustin Michels is a software engineer with 10 years of experience building data-driven systems and integrations, currently working on secure identity network integrations at Journey. He primarily programs in Python (and Go) and has a strong background in data engineering, geospatial analysis, and ML for energy optimization from roles at The Collaboratory and AFRY. Dustin has designed scalable scraping and Kafka-based pipelines, built APIs and dashboards for environmental monitoring, and deployed services on Google Cloud, demonstrating full-stack fluency. His work consistently targets environmental and social impact—improving transparency and sustainability through code—and he brings practical field experience from energy labs, city data projects, and clean-tech startups. Based in Somerville, MA, he combines technical rigor with a curious, outdoors-oriented mindset (biking, climbing, travel) that informs pragmatic, user-focused solutions. A detail that stands out: he pairs production engineering skills with hands-on data collection and domain immersion, having worked in labs, farms, and municipal public-works projects.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish Language and Culture, Swedish Language and Culture at Uppsala International Summer SessionUrban Studies, Urban Studies at University of AmsterdamBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Carleton CollegeData Science - Standalone Courses, Data Science - Standalone Courses at University of Gothenburg
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Github Skills (200)
apps-script10
crawler10
client-library10
data-science10
jupyterlab-extension10
css10
scraper10
python10
pandas10
jupyterlab10
data-structures10
jupyter10
data-analysis10
manipulation10
frame10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
dustinmichels/dotfiles
Jul 2017 - Nov 2022
Contributions:40 pushes, 3 branches, 1 tag in 5 years 4 months
dustinmichels/geo-hearo
Nov 2022 - Jan 2025
WIP 🚧: Audio geo-guessing game
Contributions:4 PRs, 84 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years 2 months
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