Robert Banick
Data Engineer
Mexico City
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Banick is a data engineer specializing in geospatial and climate datasets with 12 years of experience applying Pythonic, cloud-native solutions to environmental and humanitarian challenges. He builds and operationalizes multi-terabyte n-dimensional pipelines—packaging code into open-source tools—while designing serverless orchestration and infrastructure on AWS using Prefect and CDK. Previously at the World Bank he developed scalable geospatial toolkits and distributed analysis pipelines (PySpark, Dask, Scala) to inform subnational economic and resilience investments. Field deployments with MSF, Red Cross and other NGOs give him rare operational experience translating high-pressure humanitarian needs into production-ready analytics. Trained as an environmental economist (SOAS) and grounded in geography (George Washington University), he combines rigorous domain knowledge with strong soft skills and a persistent focus on environmental impact. Based in Mexico City, he’s equally comfortable optimizing FastAPI/Dask stacks as scoping on-the-ground mapping requirements.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Geography, Latin American Studies, Magna Cum Laude, Bachelor's Degree, Geography, Latin American Studies, Magna Cum Laude at George Washington UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Environmental Economics, Distinction (1st), Master of Science - MS, Environmental Economics, Distinction (1st) at SOAS University of London
English, Spanish, Nepali
Github Skills (75)
spatial8
grass8
querying8
image-processing7
python-client7
backend7
geographic7
pipeline7
science7
python7
open-science7
earth-observation7
geospatial7
vector7
gis7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
AmericanRedCross/presentations
Jul 2013 - Oct 2014
Contributions:80 commits in 1 year 2 months
Arbol-Project/gridded-etl-tools
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
A set of utilities for preparing gridded climate data ETLs
Contributions:30 releases, 130 reviews, 247 PRs in 2 years
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