Kevin Wierman
Founder at Caspian Datalabs LLC
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Wierman is a founder and seasoned data scientist-engineer with 12+ years building cloud-native, scalable data platforms for aerospace and scientific domains. He has led greenfield teams at Astra to deliver event-driven ETL and streaming systems using Kafka, pySpark, Dask and Trino to support daily space launches, and has hands-on experience deploying models and embedded software for spaceflight at Starfish Space. Kevin combines deep academic rigor—a PhD in nuclear physics and prior research and FPGA/CUDA work—with practical engineering, shipping Rust-based streaming pipelines and Python ETL that run from laptops to large clusters. He has a track record of translating domain expertise into production ML solutions for anomaly detection at Blue Origin and Astra, and contributed notable open-source work integrating ownCloud into the widely used OSF.io research platform. Based in Seattle, he builds infrastructure that balances rapid experimentation with operational robustness, enabling cross-functional teams to move fast in high-stakes environments.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Physics, BS Physics at University of WashingtonPh.D Nuclear Physics, Ph.D Nuclear Physics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spanish
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Github Skills (17)
python10
apidoc10
django10
django-rest10
api10
django-rest-framework10
owncloud10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
rest-api9
javascript8
timezone6
arduino6
pointer6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
CenterForOpenScience/osf.io
Jun 2016 - Sep 2016
Facilitating Open Science
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 8 PRs, 57 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Kevin contributed significantly to the implementation of an ownCloud integration within the OSF.io platform. Their work involved developing backend logic, modifying serializers, and adjusting API endpoints to interact with ownCloud services. The commits demonstrate the integration of ownCloud as a storage provider, including the setup of user configurations and the creation of functionalities for node settings. Furthermore, the contributions touch on fixing and improving configuration and authentication of the integration.
pythonsciencedjango-rest-frameworkdjangojavascript
kwierman/Protium
Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 9 months
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