Felipe Hernández
Principal Software Development Engineer at Autodesk
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolFelipe Hernández is a Principal Software Development Engineer with 11 years of experience building modeling and optimization software for engineering and geosciences, currently driving technical work at Autodesk. He combines a PhD in Hydrology with an MSc in Computer Science to apply evolutionary computation and machine learning to complex water-resources problems like water distribution and high-resolution hydrologic forecasting. His background spans academia, consulting, and industry—teaching university courses while delivering production-grade numerical tools and optimization engines. Felipe is known for translating rigorous research into scalable engineering software and for focusing on high-impact, multidisciplinary applications that benefit water systems and communities. An analytically minded practitioner, he often bridges formal methods and practical deployment to push boundaries in AI-driven environmental modeling.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High school, High school at Colegio San Jorge de InglaterraDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Hydrology Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Hydrology Machine Learning at University of PittsburghUniversidad de los Andes
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (18)
windows7
cpp6
editor6
notepad5
water-quality5
hydrology5
water5
solr4
django4
python4
django-rest-framework4
risk-assessment4
docker3
nginx3
javascript3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
felherc/MAESTRO
Oct 2014 - Oct 2017
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes in 3 years 1 month
felherc/OPTIMISTS
Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 release, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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