James Midkiff
Lead Data Engineer Consultant - OPAL Project
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Midkiff is a Toronto-based data engineer with nine years of experience building automated, production-grade data pipelines and systems for government and research clients. Currently leading the OPAL project for the City of Philadelphia, he architects end-to-end workflows that ingest thousands of location records daily, parallelize API retrievals, and integrate GIS systems to dramatically speed open data publishing. He has built reusable Python packages, a Flask production app, Airflow-managed pipelines, and browser automation that removed routine manual work, and he trains teams on software best practices. With an MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy and a background in mapping tax inequities and civic activism, he blends technical rigor with public-sector impact and an eye for operational efficiency.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computational Analysis and Public Policy, Master of Science - MS Computational Analysis and Public Policy at Harris School of Public Policy at the University of ChicagoHigh School, High School at Cherry Hill High School EastBachelor's Degree International Relations and Affairs; Economics; Spanish, Bachelor's Degree International Relations and Affairs; Economics; Spanish at The George Washington University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (61)
sqlite10
postgresql10
database-access10
mysql10
db210
java10
oracle10
sql10
database10
nosql9
sql-client9
jdbc9
firebird9
dbeaver9
geocoding9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jrmidkiff/Must-Remember
Jul 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 36 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 1 month
pythonimportant
jrmidkiff/PolitiFact-Analysis
Dec 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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