Mike D'arcy
Lead Research Engineer at Information Sciences Institute
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike D'arcy is a Lead Research Engineer with three decades of professional experience focused on open-source software, big data analytics, and distributed systems, currently based at USC's Information Sciences Institute in California. He combines deep systems and software design skills with hands-on data modeling and integration work across NIH-funded research projects. As the primary developer and maintainer of the widely used bdbag Python package—surpassing one million PyPI downloads—he has a demonstrable record of building reproducible data packaging and transfer tooling for research ecosystems. Mike’s background spans system administration, databases, and engineering roles at Autodesk, Lightscape, and UCLA, giving him rare operational insight into production and research infrastructures. He holds a BA in Philosophy from UCLA, an unconventional foundation that informs his pragmatic but conceptually rigorous approach to complex engineering problems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Philosophy, Bachelor's degree, Philosophy at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (65)
python10
cx-freeze10
checksum10
data-integrity10
identifier10
python-modules10
freeze10
pypi10
file-transfer10
relational9
big-data9
data-storage9
feature-branch9
python-scripts9
conda9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
informatics-isi-edu/deriva-web
Nov 2018 - Feb 2026
Auxiliary REST Web Services for DERIVA
Contributions:6 releases, 6 PRs, 49 pushes in 7 years 4 months
rest-apiauxiliaryrestweb-services
informatics-isi-edu/deriva-client
Mar 2019 - Jun 2025
Contributions:22 releases, 56 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 3 months
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