Marco De La Pierre
Computational Scientist
Perth, Western Australia
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolMarco De La Pierre is a computational scientist and supercomputing specialist with nine years of experience building reproducible, data-intensive workflows for research and industry across supercomputing and cloud environments. He blends an academic pedigree in materials science (PhD) with hands-on engineering—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Nextflow and Spack to improve container and package integrations for HPC pipelines. Skilled at delivering complex HPC installations, leading procurement bids, and designing scientific software stacks, he also has a track record of training and enabling researchers to scale their analyses. Comfortable both as a technical lead and an individual contributor, he pairs deep numerical simulation experience with practical DevOps and project management. Having moved from Turin to Perth, he brings an international, interdisciplinary perspective and a knack for translating research needs into robust, reproducible solutions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma di Maturità Scientifica Scientific Curriculum, Diploma di Maturità Scientifica Scientific Curriculum at Liceo Scientifico Statale Piero MartinettiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Materials Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Materials Science at Università degli Studi di Torino
Italian, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (24)
docker10
package-management10
python10
groovy10
workflow-engine10
containerization10
dockers10
compile10
compiler10
build-tools10
spack10
devops9
azure-devops9
automation9
scientific-computing9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
spack/spack
Dec 2021 - Jan 2023
A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:87 reviews, 21 commits, 23 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Marco primarily contributes to the `quantum-espresso` package recipe within the `spack/spack` repository, specifically updating the recipe to support new versions (6.8) of the software. Their contributions involve modifying the package definition file to include new versions, update patch checksums, and integrate patches for compatibility with specific compilers such as AOCC. The user also adds and updates patches related to external codes (QMCPACK), indicating a focus on integrating external dependencies and ensuring the package builds correctly with different compilers and software versions.
compilerspythonradiussplatformslinux
nextflow-io/nextflow
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
A DSL for data-driven computational pipelines
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Backend Developer
DevOps Engineer & Backend DeveloperContributions:112 reviews, 3 commits, 40 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Marco primarily contributed to enhancing the Nextflow pipeline framework, with a focus on containerization and integration with different container engines and package managers. They added support for Sarus container engine and the Spack package manager, enhancing the framework's versatility. Furthermore, the user worked on improving the Wave container provisioning service and updating the platform API endpoint. The user's work also included improving Nextflow's handling of environment variables within containerized tasks and fixing issues related to configuration and secrets management.
singularity-containersbioinformaticsawsdataflowslurm
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.