Peter Schmitt
Fellow Software Engineer at Vantor
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolPeter Schmitt is a fellow software engineer based in Boulder, Colorado, with 11 years of experience building large-scale geospatial and web mapping systems. He led core engineering at DigitalGlobe/Maxar (now Vantor), where he architected and implemented the software that generates high-performance Vivid Mosaics used in production imagery pipelines. Comfortable across systems and applied math, he pairs an MS in Applied Mathematics with deep practical experience in distributed data processing, imagery tiling, and end-to-end production tooling. Earlier work at NCAR exposed him to scientific modeling and coupled-system integration for space weather, giving him a rare blend of scientific computing and commercial product engineering. He also co-founded an e-commerce business, building its Rails-based backend and operational systems from scratch, demonstrating applied entrepreneurship alongside technical leadership. Known for translating complex scientific and geospatial requirements into robust, scalable software, he thrives on projects that bridge research-grade models and operational systems.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS Double major in Mathematics and Computer Science, BS Double major in Mathematics and Computer Science at DePaul UniversityMS Applied Mathematics, MS Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Boulder
Stackoverflow
10,500reputation
1.9mreached
81answers
16questions
sql
top-5%
logstash
top-5%
amazon-ec2
top-5%
amazon-web-services
top-5%
elasticsearch
top-5%
python
top-5%
Github Skills (193)
concurrent-ruby10
multithreading10
wfs10
gdal10
mvc10
entity-relationship10
ruby10
rack10
osgeo10
javascript10
rasterio10
geolocation10
html10
maps10
translator10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
pedros007/mapserver-docker
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
Docker Image of Mapserver WMS server that renders imagery directly out of an AWS S3 bucket
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 2 years
docker-imageimagerydockerwmsmapserver
pedros007/dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Apr 2024
Contributions:25 pushes in 9 years 2 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.