Summary
Julian Pistorius is a seasoned software engineer with over 25 years of experience building scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-native systems, currently focused on research software at Indiana University Bloomington. He specializes in simplifying complex infrastructures through automation, user-centered design, and reproducible cloud-based workflows, with deep hands-on expertise in Python, Elm, Kubernetes, and OpenStack. As co-founder of the Exosphere Project he makes open-source cloud infrastructure more accessible to researchers, and has applied his skills to data pipelines and processing workflows in agriculture and scientific domains. Known to think like an "organic software gardener," he prioritizes automated testing, reliability, and security while designing solutions that adapt to future needs.
12 years of coding experience
University of Auckland