Jarrett Keifer
Senior Geospatial Software Engineer
Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJarrett Keifer is a Senior Geospatial Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building production GIS and networked systems, currently driving development of Cirrus, an open-source STAC-based processing pipeline at Element 84. He blends spatial analysis, image processing, and network programming skills, routinely shipping solutions from data ingestion through UX using pragmatic tools like Python, Bash, GDAL, and PostGIS. His background includes architecting scalable SD-WAN systems and multi-gigabit network upgrades, giving him uncommon depth at the intersection of networking and geospatial platforms. A former adjunct instructor and lead developer for water-forecasting research, he pairs strong documentation and teaching instincts with hands-on engineering. Based in Oregon, he is a multidisciplinary maker—climber, musician, and builder—who brings a jack-of-all-trades curiosity to deep technical problems.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Art History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Art History at Portland State UniversityAssociate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Arts (A.A.) at Portland Community College
Spanish
Github Skills (98)
opensearch10
stac10
sprint10
aws-serverless10
django10
rest10
django-rest-framework10
spatialite10
aws10
snap9
testing9
python9
insar9
gdal9
satellite9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Element84/swoop
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
STAC Workflow Open Orchestration Platform
Contributions:78 reviews, 29 PRs, 93 pushes in 5 months
stacfilmdrop
Element84/swoop-db
May 2023 - Aug 2023
Python package with swoop db schema, migrations, and test fixtures
Contributions:14 releases, 25 reviews, 19 PRs in 2 months
db-schemapythontest-fixtures
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