SOFTWARE ENGINEER · AUSTIN, TEXAS

James Seppi

Staff Software Engineer Satellite Ground Control

About

HI, I’M JAMES!

I am a software engineer in Austin, Texas, currently writing satellite ground control software at Umbra. I code primarily in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript, with many years of experience in both the front and back end sides of the stack.

Prior to Umbra, I was on the Map Design Team at Mapbox, working on both high availability APIs and large front end applications. Before Mapbox, I worked at 18F, where I was the technical lead on a number of projects that help transform the way the federal government delivers digital services.

I was the lead software developer at the Texas Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS), where I helped transition the group to using and creating open-source software, and to using cloud-based infrastructure.

Trajectory

WHERE I’VE WORKED

  1. 01
    UMBRA Satellite ground control software
  2. 02
    MAPBOX Map Design Team · high-availability APIs, large front ends
  3. 03
    18F Technical lead, digital services for the federal government
  4. 04
    TNRIS Lead developer · open source and cloud infrastructure

Assorted

OTHER THINGS WORTH KNOWING

01

I’m a board member for the Austin Friends of Traditional Music.

02

I was the program chair for FOSS4G-NA 2018.

03 10,000 FEET

My wife and I spent six months living at 10,000 feet in Huaraz, Peru, while working on an Engineers Without Borders project to help local communities adapt to climate change.

04

I have a Master of Engineering degree in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas.

05

My wife and I swept the awards at the 24th Annual Lone Star Vegetarian Chili Cook-Off.

06

As an undergraduate I studied abroad in Hangzhou, China, and I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese (but I’m extremely out of practice).

Contact

GET IN TOUCH

EMAIL
james.seppi at gmail.com
TWITTER
@hydrologee
LINKEDIN
LinkedIn