Erik Escoffier
Data Visualisation Engineer
Brittany, France
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Escoffier is a Data Visualisation Engineer with 13 years of experience turning complex energy and climate datasets into clear, interactive narratives for products and public audiences. Currently at Octopus Energy, he blends deep frontend and geospatial technical skills—TypeScript, React, D3, Mapbox GL, deck.gl and PostGIS—with design-led thinking to drive insight and impact. He co-founded Satellite Studio and previously built visualization tooling for organizations like Global Fishing Watch and Development Seed, showing a track record of shipping production-grade maps and apps. Comfortable in distributed teams, he partners with engineers, designers, researchers and policymakers to make data actionable beyond the dashboard. He also speaks regularly at industry conferences, reflecting a commitment to advancing open-source geospatial and dataviz practice.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
CRMA, Multimedia design and development, interaction design, Master's degree equivalent, CRMA, Multimedia design and development, interaction design, Master's degree equivalent at Ecole des Gobelins ParisDUT SRC, Communication, graphic design, development, networks, two-year university degree in technology, DUT SRC, Communication, graphic design, development, networks, two-year university degree in technology at IUT Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux III
French, English, Spanish, Dutch, German
Github Skills (152)
tiles10
python10
mapbox-gl10
geojson10
javascript10
monorepo10
maps10
data-visualization10
webgl10
location-services10
economy10
vector-tiles10
typescript10
coordinates10
commercial10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
GlobalFishingWatch/map-client
Jul 2016 - Jun 2022
Track commercial fishing activity worldwide on the free, user-friendly, interactive Global Fishing Watch map.
Contributions:1378 commits, 498 PRs, 1159 pushes in 5 years 11 months
worldwideglobal-fishing-watchfishingmapuser-friendly
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