Marco Esters
Senior Software Engineer at Anaconda, Inc.
Emeryville, California, United States
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Top SchoolMarco Esters is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience who transitioned from a PhD in chemistry to building scientific software, automation, and instrument control systems. Currently at Anaconda, he crafts cross-platform installers, package builders, and CI/CD-driven workflows that enable reproducible scientific computing. He combines strong Python and C++ object-oriented design with bash, JavaScript, and SQLite to deliver end-to-end solutions for research and production environments. His background in materials science and prior work on high-throughput DFT frameworks gives him a practical knack for turning complex scientific methods into robust, user-facing tools. Based in Emeryville, Marco is driven by shipping software that others can easily adopt and extend, and he brings hands-on mentoring and database/web maintenance experience from academic and open research projects.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry at University of OregonMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Chemistry, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University
German, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (102)
github10
python10
package-management10
xmake10
fits10
menu10
miniconda10
genomics10
installers10
menu-item10
continuum10
ecosystem10
linux10
latex10
azure-devops10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
AnacondaRecipes/conda-standalone-feedstock
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:11 reviews, 41 commits, 20 PRs in 1 month
marcoesters/constructor
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
tool for creating installers from conda packages
Contributions:151 pushes, 76 branches in 1 year 9 months
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