Orhan Eroglu
Software Engineer IV - Group Head at NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolOrhan Eroglu is a software engineering leader with 15+ years building high-performance scientific and simulation software and over a decade shaping open-source tools for the geosciences. As Group Head of GeoCAT at NSF NCAR he leads engineers and scientists to deliver globally adopted Python tools (including CI/CD and cross-platform builds for notable repos like wrf-python) and co-leads multiple NSF-funded community software projects. He combines deep technical chops in Python, HPC, OOP and visualization with hands-on experience in C++/Java systems from air-traffic simulation to forensic imaging. A PhD-trained researcher, Orhan has a track record of translating domain science into scalable, testable software—most recently directing UXarray for unstructured-grid analysis at scale. He is also a mentor and community builder who fosters cross-disciplinary teams and reproducible workflows. Fluent in both research and production cultures, he quietly bridges satellite mission science, large-scale geospatial processing, and robust engineering practices.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering Software Engineering at Boğaziçi UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering at Turkish Air Force Academy, Aeronautics and Space Technologies InstituteAksaray Science HighschoolPh.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University
English, German, Turkish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
github-ci10
python10
cicd10
build-automation10
githubaction-workflow10
windows9
dockers7
docker7
e-mail6
html6
php6
expo6
css6
google-cloud-firestore6
responsive6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
NCAR/wrf-python
Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
A collection of diagnostic and interpolation routines for use with output from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW) Model.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 releases, 34 reviews, 16 commits in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Orhan focused on improving the build and testing infrastructure for the WRF-Python project. This included restructuring the repository, configuring GitHub Actions for continuous integration and continuous deployment, and troubleshooting Windows build issues. The user's contributions involved significant effort to ensure the project builds correctly across different operating systems and environments. Further contributions focused on updating citation text.
forecastingmeteorologyarwatmospheric-modellingcffi
NCAR/libncomp
Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:6 PRs, 48 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 3 months
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