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I am a Full-Stack GIS Developer with an M.Sc. in Geospatial Technologies from the University of Washington. I build spatial web applications across the full stack — from interactive maps and React frontends to Python data pipelines and cloud infrastructure on AWS. I'm currently contracting with the USDA on Farmers.gov, where I lead GIS development and work closely with product owners to deliver geospatial features at scale. I've shipped production GIS apps across government, startup, and enterprise environments, and I also maintain a self-built salmon fishery tracking platform as an independent project. If your project involves maps, location data, or geospatial analysis, I'd love to help. Skills: Web Mapping · Full-Stack Development · Geospatial Data Engineering · Cloud Infrastructure · ETL Pipelines · Spatial Analysis · Technical Leadership Technologies: Python · JavaScript/TypeScript · React · Node/Express · Mapbox · OpenLayers · ESRI JS SDK · GDAL · Geopandas · D3.js · AWS · Geoserver · ArcPy…I am a Full-Stack GIS Developer with an M.Sc. in Geospatial Technologies from the University of Washington. I build spatial web applications across the full stack — from interactive maps and React frontends to Python data pipelines and cloud infrastructure on AWS. I'm currently contracting with the USDA on Farmers.gov, where I lead GIS development and work closely with product owners to deliver geospatial features at scale. I've shipped production GIS apps across government, startup, and enterprise environments, and I also maintain a self-built salmon fishery tracking platform as an independent project. If your project involves maps, location data, or geospatial analysis, I'd love to help. Skills: Web Mapping · Full-Stack Development · Geospatial Data Engineering · Cloud Infrastructure · ETL Pipelines · Spatial Analysis · Technical Leadership Technologies: Python · JavaScript/TypeScript · React · Node/Express · Mapbox · OpenLayers · ESRI JS SDK · GDAL · Geopandas · D3.js · AWS · Geoserver · ArcPy

Austin Santamaria

Web Developer, Programmer

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I am a Full-Stack GIS Developer with an M.Sc. in Geospatial Technologies from the University of Washington. I build spatial web applications across the full stack — from interactive maps and React frontends to Python data pipelines and cloud infrastructure on AWS. I'm currently contracting with the USDA on Farmers.gov, where I lead GIS development and work closely with product owners to deliver geospatial features at scale. I've shipped production GIS apps across government, startup, and enterprise environments, and I also maintain a self-built salmon fishery tracking platform as an independent project. If your project involves maps, location data, or geospatial analysis, I'd love to help. Skills: Web Mapping · Full-Stack Development · Geospatial Data Engineering · Cloud Infrastructure · ETL Pipelines · Spatial Analysis · Technical Leadership Technologies: Python · JavaScript/TypeScript · React · Node/Express · Mapbox · OpenLayers · ESRI JS SDK · GDAL · Geopandas · D3.js · AWS · Geoserver · ArcPy…I am a Full-Stack GIS Developer with an M.Sc. in Geospatial Technologies from the University of Washington. I build spatial web applications across the full stack — from interactive maps and React frontends to Python data pipelines and cloud infrastructure on AWS. I'm currently contracting with the USDA on Farmers.gov, where I lead GIS development and work closely with product owners to deliver geospatial features at scale. I've shipped production GIS apps across government, startup, and enterprise environments, and I also maintain a self-built salmon fishery tracking platform as an independent project. If your project involves maps, location data, or geospatial analysis, I'd love to help. Skills: Web Mapping · Full-Stack Development · Geospatial Data Engineering · Cloud Infrastructure · ETL Pipelines · Spatial Analysis · Technical Leadership Technologies: Python · JavaScript/TypeScript · React · Node/Express · Mapbox · OpenLayers · ESRI JS SDK · GDAL · Geopandas · D3.js · AWS · Geoserver · ArcPy

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Austin, United States

I am a Full-Stack GIS Developer with an M.Sc. in Geospatial Technologies from the University of Washington.

I build spatial web applications across the full stack — from interactive maps and React frontends to Python data pipelines and cloud infrastructure on AWS. I’m currently contracting with the USDA on Farmers.gov, where I lead GIS development and work closely with product owners to deliver geospatial features at scale. I’ve shipped production GIS apps across government, startup, and enterprise environments, and I also maintain a self-built salmon fishery tracking platform as an independent project.

If your project involves maps, location data, or geospatial analysis, I’d love to help.

Skills: Web Mapping · Full-Stack Development · Geospatial Data Engineering · Cloud Infrastructure · ETL Pipelines · Spatial Analysis · Technical Leadership

Technologies: Python · JavaScript/TypeScript · React · Node/Express · Mapbox · OpenLayers · ESRI JS SDK · GDAL · Geopandas · D3.js · AWS · Geoserver · ArcPy

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Remote GIS / Salesforce Developer at USDA - Farmers.gov

December 1, 2023 - Present

Led development for major enhancements to the Web Environmental Analysis Tool (WEAT), integrating third-party spatial data sources to expand environmental analysis capabilities; drove geoprocessing optimizations reducing load time by ~50% and significantly improving usability; acted as technical lead on GIS, reviewing pull requests, mentoring developers, and contributing to key design decisions; collaborated with product owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions; resolved a critical production incident from a third-party library that blocked map functionality; contributed to Agile delivery, effort estimation, scoping, and feature refinement.

GIS Programmer Analyst I at SAM Inc

December 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023

Built a geospatial web app with custom tools (intersection, buffer, search, geolocate, and more); automated WMS layer management via Python + GeoServer REST API; integrated ArcGIS REST APIs from client-hosted services; developed testing framework with Puppeteer + Jest to ensure functionality.

Software Developer - Geospatial at Aero Tract (Startup)

April 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022

Built React/Mapbox GL JS interface for drone imagery and machine learning app; improved ML output accuracy with Python data cleaning logic; enhanced GDAL/Rasterio processing pipeline and created a metadata dashboard.

Data Analyst Intern - Advanced Forestry Systems at Weyerhaeuser

July 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021

Created LiDAR datasets and tested classification models using Python.

GIS Technician Intern - Technology and Information Services at City of Redmond

August 1, 2019 - November 1, 2019

Digitized park assets and analyzed cable service coverage.

Full-Stack Developer - GIS & Data Visualization at Independent Project - salmonescapementwa.com

May 1, 2024 - Present

Built a full-stack web app delivering salmon fishing insights via maps, charts and reports; developed Python ETL pipelines to clean, enrich, and engineer data; deployed to AWS (S3, CloudFront, EC2, Route 53, Lambda); integrated Google tools (GA4, URL Inspection, AdSense) to improve SEO, monitor traffic, and monetize.