Jesse Averbukh
Software Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute
Reisterstown, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Averbukh is a software engineer with 11 years of experience building scientific applications for the astronomical community at the Space Telescope Science Institute, where he contributes to tools like CubeViz, SpecViz, Glue, and MOSViz and helps prepare JWST data pipelines. He blends full-stack development skills with a user-focused approach—improving UX through keyboard shortcuts, event handling, and code refactors in notable open-source projects such as glue-viz. With a B.S. in Computer Science (minor in Astronomy) and an M.S. underway, Jesse bridges domain knowledge in astronomy with pragmatic software craftsmanship. Outgoing and hardworking, he pairs technical rigor with interests in music and performance, which inform his collaborative and communicative style. Not obvious from his title: he has hands-on experience integrating cloud storage workflows and building Django-based tools early in his career, giving him end-to-end perspectives on data-heavy applications.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Towson UniversityHigh School, Business and Information Technology, 3.88 out of 4 GPA, High School, Business and Information Technology, 3.88 out of 4 GPA at George Washington Carver Center for Arts and TechnologyThe University of Maryland, College Park
English, Russian, Spanish
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Github Skills (8)
qt10
python10
keyboard-shortcuts10
shortcuts10
visualizations9
data-science9
visualization9
linked-data8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
glue-viz/glue
Oct 2017 - Feb 2018
Linked Data Visualizations Across Multiple Files
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 PRs, 9 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily focused on enhancing the application's functionality and user experience. They implemented and refined keyboard shortcuts, improved event handling within the Qt application, and updated the configuration settings. Additionally, the user refactored code, changing docstrings to a Numpydoc format and improved the codebase's overall structure by removing an event filter and adding a key press event function. These changes indicate a focus on improving the usability of the application.
data-analysispythonlinked-datadata-sciencemultiple-files
javerbukh/specutils
Jul 2019 - Sep 2022
An Astropy coordinated package for astronomical spectroscopy. Maintainers: @nmearl @crawfordsm @keflavich @eteq
Contributions:1 PR, 73 pushes, 9 branches in 3 years 2 months
astrophysicscosmologyastropyastronomymaintainers
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