Michael Johnson
Machine Learning Data Systems Engineer III
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Johnson is a Machine Learning Data Systems Engineer III with over a decade building scalable data pipelines and production-grade ML infrastructure for research and industry, now at CrowdStrike. He blends formal training in astronomy and data science with hands-on experience running the Dark Energy Survey data management operations at NCSA, giving him deep expertise in scientific-scale data workflows, Kubernetes-based deployments, and cloud integrations. Michael has moved from research scientist to engineering roles that operationalize complex imaging pipelines and open-source frameworks like Clowder, applying best practices to accelerate reproducible science. He is skilled at translating astronomical data challenges into robust, maintainable systems that power both discovery and product outcomes. Based in Champaign, IL, he is passionate about using AI to speed code development and about bridging the gap between domain science and production engineering. An uncommon strength is his ability to optimize for both high-throughput scientific processing and enterprise ML reliability.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Science (MCS) Data Science, Master of Computer Science (MCS) Data Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English
Github Skills (27)
bus9
organize9
collections8
extensible8
annotate8
distribute8
metadata8
json7
data-management7
datasets7
json-ld7
des6
dataframes4
analytics4
data-processing4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Michael-D-Johnson/desdm-dash
May 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:152 pushes, 14 branches in 3 years 7 months
Michael-D-Johnson/Michael-D-Johnson.github.io
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:831 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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