Trey Stafford
Research Software Engineer (Associate Scientist III)
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTrey Stafford is a research software engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in remote sensing, spatial data management, and GIS-driven analysis, currently advancing satellite and cryosphere data at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder. He has progressed through technical research roles at NSIDC since 2016, bringing hands‑on skills in geospatial tooling, data QA/QC, and automated imagery processing using Python, GDAL, SQLite/SpatiaLite and web mapping. Trey pairs academic training in geography with practical experience building reproducible data pipelines and map-driven applications for environmental science, often bridging research needs and production-ready software. Based in Boulder, he combines deep domain knowledge of ice and land remote sensing with pragmatic software engineering—helping teams turn large, complex spatial datasets into accessible, analyzed products.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geography, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geography at University of KansasGeography, Geography at University of Nebraska-LincolnWichita State University
Github Skills (15)
polar9
server8
django7
wms7
geoserver7
wfs7
gis6
geospatial6
wps6
apache5
python5
wcs4
postgis4
matlab3
api2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
treystaff/pc_setup
Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 16 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
linuxcomputer-setupbashsetup-scriptshell
treystaff/PhenoAnalysis
Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:35 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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