Julia Collins
Web Applications Developer, Informatics Focus
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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SeniorJulia Collins is a Web Applications Developer based in Boulder, Colorado, with a decade of experience applying informatics to the management and delivery of Earth science data. At the National Snow and Ice Data Center she builds web tools that make complex geoscience datasets discoverable and usable for researchers and policymakers. Her work bridges software engineering and domain science, translating data stewardship principles into robust web applications and APIs. She brings institutional longevity and deep familiarity with scientific data lifecycles, having supported NCAR/NSIDC operations for years. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, she focuses on reliability, metadata quality, and user-centered data access. Julia pairs technical craft with an appreciation for the real-world decisions her systems enable.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (27)
nasa-api10
harvest10
open-science9
single-page9
nasa-data9
command-line-utility9
gis9
earth-engine9
translators8
oceanography8
transform8
search-interface8
backend8
puma8
solr8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nsidc/puppet-puma
Mar 2016 - Jul 2021
Configure puma servers for Ruby-on-Rails apps.
Contributions:5 reviews, 9 PRs, 28 pushes in 5 years 5 months
ruby-on-railsrailsrubyconfigurepuma
nsidc/granule-metgen
Jul 2024 - Apr 2025
Metadata generator for direct-to-Cumulus era
Contributions:10 releases, 71 reviews, 44 PRs in 8 months
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