Robert Imig
Senior Advisor To The Deputy Secretary Of War at United States Department of War
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Imig is a seasoned software engineer and policy-minded technology leader with 11 years of experience bridging R&D engineering and federal mission needs. He spent over a decade at Palantir advancing deployed product engineering into senior R&D and head-of-engineering roles before transitioning in 2025 to serve as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of War focused on AI, autonomy, and weapon systems. Proficient in Python, Bash, and C, he combines low-level systems chops with product deployment experience in high-stakes government environments. He has a strong background in cloud, virtualization, and networking from earlier roles at CloudSwitch and Cisco, giving him practical expertise across infrastructure and embedded systems. Known for translating complex technical tradeoffs into actionable policy and acquisition inputs, he brings both hands-on engineering and strategic foresight to defense technology modernization.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer and Systems Engineering, B.S. Computer and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (72)
mapbox-gl10
typescript-definitions10
blueprint10
typescript10
dts10
mapbox-gl-js10
sass10
lerna10
geospatial-analysis10
react10
javascript9
api9
data-visualization9
maps9
ui-components9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
palantir/Leaflet.MapboxVectorTile
Sep 2015 - Jul 2020
A Leaflet Plugin that renders Mapbox Vector Tiles on HTML5 Canvas.
Contributions:3 releases, 3 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 10 months
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rimig/DefinitelyTyped
Feb 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years
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