Summary
Robert Casey is a seasoned software engineering leader with 9 years in management and over three decades of hands-on experience building and operating large-scale geophysical data systems. As Software Engineering Manager IV at EarthScope Consortium he directs teams migrating real-time and batch seismic and geodetic data flows into AWS while maintaining high-uptime on-prem services and enterprise SSO integrations. He combines deep technical chops in distributed data pipelines, PostgreSQL-backed analytics, and cloud-native architectures with a scientist’s understanding of data provenance, persistent identifiers, and federated access. Previously as Deputy Director at IRIS he led high-throughput web services supporting terabytes-per-day of global seismic requests and co-led specifications for cloud-based data repositories. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic strategy, budgeted roadmaps, and cross-organizational coordination across international research partners. He’s equally comfortable diving into R metrics, Spring/RabbitMQ ingestion stacks, or negotiating authN/authZ standards for the research community.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at University of Washington
West Valley High School