Natha Paquette is a software engineer based in San Francisco with nine years of hands-on experience building backend systems and data pipelines. Currently at Meter, Natha brings a strong puzzle-solving mindset and pride in craftsmanship to shipping reliable server-side software. They have driven full-stack backend efforts on FreeTAKServer—implementing TCP servers, XML parsing, and database integrations for a widely used situational awareness project—while coordinating global open-source contributors. Previously at Datacurve (YC W24) and Door Business Consulting, Natha built developer-focused data collection pipelines, in-house tooling, and CI/CD workflows from the ground up. A Dalhousie computer science student with a 4.15 GPA, they blend academic rigor with practical production experience. Colleagues describe them as easy to work with and eager to tackle the toughest engineering problems.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.15, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 4.15 at Dalhousie University
International Baccalaureate
High School Diploma, Computer Engineering, High School Diploma, Computer Engineering at Yarmouth High School
Situational Awareness Server compatible with TAK clients
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:38 releases, 35 reviews, 864 commits in 3 years
Contributions summary:Natha's primary contribution appears to be the implementation of core backend functionality, including the development of a TCP server and the parsing of XML data. Their work involved creating classes and methods for processing XML payloads, including extracting and manipulating data fields. They also implemented database interaction with data packages.
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