Matthew Maclay
Software Engineer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Maclay is a software engineer with nine years of experience applying geospatial and remote-sensing expertise to solve real-world Earth and planetary science problems. Based in Boulder, he builds production-focused tools for satellite operations and LiDAR automation—work that has supported Hubble data quality, erosion detection on California coasts, and satellite capabilities at LASP. His background blends rigorous research (MS in Geosciences, astronomy and planetary internships at JPL and STScI) with practical software delivery: pipelines, regression testing, and quantitative image analysis. Matthew’s career shows a pattern of turning complex scientific data into reproducible, automated workflows that accelerate discovery and operational decision-making. Not obvious from titles alone, he pairs instrument-level familiarity (STIS, CCD photometry) with modern engineering practices to bridge mission operations and research code.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Geography, Geography at Trinity College DublinMaster of Science - MS Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Master of Science - MS Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at DartmouthBachelor of Arts Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor of Arts Physics and Astronomy at Carleton College
Github Skills (10)
astronomy9
data-analysis7
hardware6
instrumentation5
iot4
ccd1
reference-files1
python1
calibration1
baduk1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mmaclay/WHIRC-Pipeline
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
mmaclay/developer-guide
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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