Mjumbe Poe
Senior Lecturer - Masters Of Urban Spatial Analytics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMjumbe Poe is a Senior Lecturer and urban technologist with 16 years of experience building web-enabled tools that help communities understand, influence, and plan their cities. He blends academic research, civic technology, and government consulting—teaching spatial analytics while building production systems using Python/JavaScript stacks (Django, PostGIS, Leaflet) and data engineering practices. A hands-on engineer and founder, he has shipped product-focused dashboards for transit agencies, co-founded a real-estate data startup, and contributed to prominent open-source projects including Django REST Framework and OpenTripPlanner. His work often connects simulation and social science tooling with practical civic applications, and he’s known for translating complex geographic and policy data into usable interfaces for nontechnical stakeholders. Based in Philadelphia, he pairs classroom instruction with active consulting, facilitating real-world adoption of the tools he builds.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.S Computer Science, B.S Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College
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Github Skills (38)
api-rest10
datetime10
javascript10
postgresql10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
testing10
authentication10
user-authentication10
ui-design10
dbt10
uid10
api10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
dbt-labs/dbt-utils
Feb 2018 - Feb 2020
Utility functions for dbt projects.
Role in this project:
Data Engineer
Data EngineerContributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Mjumbe contributed significantly to the `dbt-utils` repository, focusing on enhancing the functionality and robustness of dbt macros. Their work included adding features like the `compare_columns` argument to the `equality` test and implementing the `datediff` function for the PostgreSQL database adapter. These changes involved modifying SQL macros and integration tests, improving the usability and cross-database compatibility of dbt projects. They also addressed issues related to output rendering and week comparison.
dbt
encode/django-rest-framework
Jan 2012 - Mar 2013
Web APIs for Django. 🎸
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Mjumbe contributed to the Django REST Framework by implementing new features, improving existing functionality, and ensuring code compatibility. Their work includes adding a `get_object` method to the ModelMixin, and the creation of authentication tokens for security. They also refactored existing code, updated static files, and fixed tests. The user's modifications demonstrate a deep understanding of the framework's internals and API design.
djangopythonapirest
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