Martin Barker

Seattle-based full-stack engineer, vinyl archivist and open-source contributor

About Me

Seattle software developer creating open-source free music applications.

Martin Barker

Details

Name:Martin Barker
Age:28 years
Location:Seattle, WA
👈 Check out all my projects in the sidebar! From music digitization tools to web applications, there's something for everyone interested in software and music preservation.

Education

Oregon State University

September 2015 - July 2019
Corvallis, OR

Bachelor - Applied Computer Science (Focus: Cybersecurity)

My applied CS degree gave me the unique perspective of software development from a cybersecurity view. My courses included programming in languages such as Python, C++, C, as well as bash and Linux command line experience. I also took courses on web development using NodeJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Django, as well as database setup and management with SQL and PostgreSQL. My cybersecurity courses taught me computer networking protocols and security, as well as threat detection / response.

Careers

Allen Institute

November 2024 - Present
Seattle, WA

Software Developer III / Contractor

  • Developed Rhapso, a Python package for stitching petabyte-scale microscopy data using Ray distributed computing, AWS, and Zarr storage format
  • Built configurable pipelines for interest point detection and dataset splitting, integrated with Fiji and BigStitcher, processing datasets exceeding 1PB
  • Presented Rhapso project progress to cross-functional teams, mentoring junior developers and driving collaboration on distributed systems
  • Working for the office of the CTO developing petabyte-scale microscopy image stitching programs for biological research

Philips Ultrasound

February 2022 - May 2024
Bothell, WA

Senior DevOps / Software Developer

  • Developed .NET applications in C# integrating front-end UIs with backend GitHub and SQL APIs
  • Led the migration of 117,000+ work items from IBM RTC to Azure DevOps, released open-source migration tools
  • Designed HIPAA-compliant tools for logging and testing ultrasound systems, improving reliability and regulatory compliance
  • Managed NuGet/Artifactory packaging, ensuring efficient build/test/release of .NET applications
  • Implemented GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines, enhancing deployment automation and reliability

Alaska Airlines

September 2021 - November 2021
Seattle, WA

Software Developer Contractor

  • Developed and maintained web and mobile products, improving user experience and functionality
  • Increased accessibility score for alaskaairlines.com by 30% for screen readers and navigation devices

Bungee Tech

January 2020 - August 2021
Seattle, WA

Software Engineer

  • Implemented front-end retail analytics graphs and tables, enabling sorting millions of rows of data
  • Designed JavaScript web scrapers in Node.js with Puppeteer to gather metadata for retail analytics
  • Continuously deployed and monitored performance in Amazon Web Services and AWS Lambda
  • Managed PostgreSQL databases, integrated new front-end features for filtering / querying data

Zume, Inc

September 2019 - January 2020
Seattle, WA

DevOps Engineer (Software Engineer I)

  • Automated CI/CD build pipelines in Google Cloud Platform with Docker / Terraform / Kubernetes

MoxiWorks

June 2018 - August 2019
Seattle, WA

Quality Assurance Engineer Intern

  • Strengthened customer experiences by writing full coverage testing suites in Java Groovy

KBVR FM / TV

September 2016 - April 2018
Corvallis, OR

Student Engineer

  • Learned and taught state-of-the-art media software and hardware.
  • Ran audio for on-location OSU football broadcasts.
  • Represented OSU at the National Association of Broadcasters convention.