Patrick Sunter
Senior Forecasting System Developer at Bureau of Meteorology
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolPatrick Sunter is a senior forecasting system developer with 17 years of scientific software engineering experience, currently driving hydrologic modelling and seasonal streamflow forecasting capabilities at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. He has a deep track record of building production-grade computational tools for multidisciplinary teams across research and industry, from HPC geophysics codes to distributed geospatial data systems. Patrick blends practical software engineering best practices—unit testing, modular architectures and workflow tooling—with domain expertise in hydrology, geophysics and urban transport modelling. His background includes both hands-on development and project leadership roles at VPAC, Monash and Caltech collaborations, and an applied research stint at the University of Melbourne that produced an innovative public transport GIS mapping application. Based in Melbourne, he brings a habit of translating complex scientific models into reliable, communicable software products that serve public-facing services. Colleagues find him comfortable navigating legacy scientific codebases and evolving them into robust, testable systems for operational use.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Urban and Regional Planning, Masters, Urban and Regional Planning at University of South AustraliaThe University of Melbourne
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Github Skills (40)
gwt9
azure-container-apps9
system-testing8
java8
qgis8
benchmarking7
python7
bitly6
science6
mamba6
fonts6
conda-build6
benchmark6
tinyurl6
matplotlib6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PatSunter/pyOTPA
Oct 2013 - Feb 2017
Contributions:147 commits, 43 pushes in 3 years 4 months
PatSunter/SimpleGTFSCreator
Oct 2013 - Feb 2015
Contributions:292 commits, 7 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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