Jonathan Duckworth
Lead Data Platform Engineer
Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Duckworth is a Lead Data Platform Engineer with 11 years of experience building scalable geospatial data platforms and full-stack web GIS applications that turn tens of millions of spatial features into actionable insights. He blends deep geospatial domain knowledge (PostGIS, Rasterio, QGIS) with production software skills in Python, React, and cloud-enabled data pipelines, having supported high-profile products like Geoscape and national-scale energy visualizations. Jonathan has repeatedly refactored and scaled complex ETL pipelines on platforms such as GBDX and AWS, and he excels at translating heavyweight spatial analyses into responsive, decision-ready web tools like the Renewable Energy Explorer. Based in Vermont, he pairs a physics BA and an M.Eng. in GIS with hands-on field education experience, which informs his focus on clear, user-centered visualizations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Civil Engineering with a Specialization in GIS, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Civil Engineering with a Specialization in GIS at University of Colorado DenverBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics at Middlebury College
Spanish
Github Skills (200)
python10
radiant10
forge10
stac10
python-client10
catalog10
validation10
api10
geocoding10
npmjs10
geocoder10
satellite-imagery10
geospatial10
earth10
planetary9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
duckontheweb/duckontheweb.github.io
Apr 2017 - Mar 2025
Professional portfolio and blog posts for Jon Duckworth
Contributions:82 PRs, 130 pushes, 138 branches in 8 years 1 month
jonprofessionalprofessional-portfolioblog-postsposts
duckontheweb/rustac
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
Rust(y) implementations of the SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) spec
Contributions:156 commits, 6 PRs, 24 pushes in 3 months
implementationsrustspecassetspatiotemporal-asset-catalog
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