Aimee Barciauskas is a Data Engineer at Development Seed. She works with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) to make the vast collection of Earth Observation data cloud-friendly and analysis-ready and helps the machine learning team improve the understanding of and access to data. She’s experienced in building cloud service-oriented. architecture, web APIs, and data processing pipelines. Previously, Aimee worked as an engineer at Nava, Medidata, and Fundraise.com as a full-stack web developer. She cares deeply about using data, data science, and machine learning to drive positive social change. She’s a chapter leader of DataKind DC, where she volunteers on projects ranging from a program referral portal for DC’s Child and Family Services Agency to the use of natural language processing to understand why people give philanthropically. When not coding, Aimee enjoys rock climbing and fancy beer. She received a MS in data science from Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a BA in economics and philosophy from Boston College.
