Lucas Danzinger
Product Engineer at Esri
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLucas Danzinger is a product-focused software engineer with 12 years of experience building and leading teams that deliver geospatial SDKs and sample-driven developer experiences at Esri. As Product Owner of the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt, he blends hands-on C++/QML development with backlog and roadmap ownership, designing public Qt APIs and crafting sample apps used across industries. He drives cross-team collaboration and distributed delivery—managing projects across Edinburgh, Oregon, and California—while automating workflows with Python and GitHub REST integrations. Lucas’s background in GIS and Natural Resource Management (MSc) informs pragmatic, UX-minded API design and documentation, and he frequently presents at conferences like the Esri Dev Summit and Qt World Summit. An active contributor to Esri’s developer-support and Qt samples repositories, he builds practical tools such as polygon overlap comparators and GPX-to-heatmap generators to help developers succeed. Colleagues know him for fostering inclusive, improvement-oriented teams that prioritize developer productivity and real-world workflows.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (Double Major), Geography and Political Science, 3.4, Bachelor of Arts (Double Major), Geography and Political Science, 3.4 at University of Wisconsin-MadisonGraduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems, 4.0, Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems, 4.0 at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
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Github Skills (14)
qml10
user-interface10
arcgis10
spatial-analysis10
python10
data-management10
graphical-user-interface10
human-interface10
web-development8
mobile-development8
sql7
arcgisruntime6
ios6
qt6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-samples-qt
Jun 2015 - Jan 2023
ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt Samples
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 395 reviews, 944 commits in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Lucas's primary contribution appears to be the initial development and implementation of samples within the ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt Samples repository. Their commits include the addition of various QML samples, such as displaying a WMS layer from a URL, creating a create and save map, and integrating the use of a Mobile Map Package. The commits also encompass improvements in UI elements and general code cleanup across the QML samples, indicating a focus on the user experience and functionality. The developer's efforts are also seen in the use of a QML camera controller, and handling user interaction with the map and its various layers.
qt6arcgis-runtime-sdk-arcgis-qt-sdkqmlarcgisarcgis-maps-sdk
Esri/developer-support
May 2014 - May 2014
Proof of concept developer code and samples to help be successful with all ArcGIS developer products (Python, NET, JavaScript, Android…). The repository is designed to be an exchange for sharing coding conventions and wisdom to developers at all skill levels.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:26 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Lucas primarily contributed to the development of tools and scripts using Python within the ArcGIS ecosystem. Their work included creating a script to compare overlapping polygons, a tool to count multipart features, a heatmap generation tool from GPX files, and a script to create a Python script that calls a model. They also developed a script to create a replica from a REST endpoint and a tool to find and replace data sources in MXDs.
pythonarcgisexchangesharingconventions
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