Stefan Fernandez
Forward Deployed Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolStefan Fernandez is a Forward Deployed Software Engineer with 11 years of experience applying software and data to solve operational and national-security challenges across government and industry. He blends hands-on prototyping and production development at Palantir with prior data science and software roles at the NSA and the U.S. Air Force, where he progressed from cyber program manager and operations analyst to flight commander and data scientist. Stefan is known for rapidly turning ambiguous requirements into working applications that improve processes and decision-making in high-stakes environments. He holds a Master’s in Computer Science from NC State and brings a disciplined, mission-focused approach uncommon in commercial engineering teams. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he thrives at the intersection of data, code, and real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at North Carolina State UniversityOperations Research Systems Analysis Military Applications Course, Operations Research Systems Analysis Military Applications Course at Army Logistics UniversityBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Belhaven University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (22)
privacy10
hosting10
self-hosting9
open-source9
ofx6
converting5
finance4
csv4
api3
cli3
qif2
python2
react2
nodejs2
command-line-tool2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
budgetzero/budgetzero
Jan 2021 - Sep 2022
Open-source, self-hosted, zero-based budgeting.
Contributions:362 commits, 91 PRs, 346 pushes in 1 year 8 months
budgetingenvelope-budgetingenvelope-budgetzerohosted
stefanjf/Anomaly-Detection-in-Graphs
Oct 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:25 commits, 4 pushes in 9 months
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