Tyler Pauly
Senior Software Engineer at Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Pauly is a senior software engineer at the Space Telescope Science Institute with 11 years of experience bridging astronomical research and production-grade scientific software. He holds a PhD in Astronomy from Cornell and has transitioned his expertise in radiative transfer and molecular chemistry of protoplanetary disks into developing and maintaining calibration pipelines for JWST. A seasoned Python developer comfortable with C, FORTRAN, LaTeX, and Linux, he contributes to the high-profile spacetelescope/jwst project where he implemented time-series features, schema changes, and backward-compatible improvements to the data processing pipeline. Based in Baltimore, he combines rigorous research instincts with pragmatic engineering—often surfacing subtle data-modeling issues before they impact commissioning and operations.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics, BS, Physics at Iowa State UniversityPhD, Astronomy, PhD, Astronomy at Cornell University
Github Skills (12)
data-modeling10
maintenance10
pipelining10
python10
pipe10
pipeline10
data-analysis10
refactor9
astronomy9
documentation9
refactoring9
fits8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
spacetelescope/jwst
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
Python library for science observations from the James Webb Space Telescope
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:421 reviews, 115 commits, 305 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Tyler primarily focused on modifications to the codebase that involved changes to existing classes, functions, and schemas, specifically within the context of the James Webb Space Telescope's data processing pipeline. Their contributions included renaming classes, deprecating old functionalities, and updating documentation to reflect those changes. Moreover, they were responsible for implementing new features to accommodate changes related to time-series observations and the correct use of reference files. These changes demonstrate a strong understanding of the project's overall structure and the need to maintain backwards compatibility while enhancing the pipeline's functionality.
python-librarypythonsciencewebbjwst
tapastro/jwst
Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
Python library for science observations from the James Webb Space Telescope
Contributions:645 pushes, 234 branches in 4 years 5 months
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