Rokas Žemaitis
Senior Scientist Software Developer at The University of Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRokas Žemaitis is a Senior Scientist and Software Developer with 10 years of experience building data-intensive Python pipelines and tooling for astronomical surveys, currently contributing to the EUCLID Space Telescope mission at the University of Edinburgh. He combines research-grade software engineering—optimising image-reduction and catalogue workflows on multi-terabyte datasets—with practical infrastructure skills gained as a Computing Infrastructure Officer. A PhD in Astronomy underpins his ability to translate complex scientific requirements into production-ready code, exemplified by a custom Python ellipse-fitting class that ran 300× faster than existing implementations. Comfortable teaching and communicating to diverse audiences, he has a track record of international collaboration across UK, France, Canada, Japan and the USA. Colleagues rely on him for reproducible, well-documented Linux/Python solutions that bridge academic research and mission-scale data processing.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronomy at The University of EdinburghHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Klaipeda Vytautas Didysis High School
English, German, Lithuanian, RussianProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rzemaitis/TeleExo
Oct 2016 - Sep 2018
Contributions:37 commits, 4 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year 11 months
rzemaitis/solar-model
Feb 2016 - Dec 2023
A Solar system planetary motion simulation project in Java.
Contributions:51 PRs, 60 pushes, 23 branches in 7 years 11 months
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