Jacobs · 2025–present
Aerospace mission software
Python services, shared interfaces, messaging, and CI/CD across about 20 repositories. Technical delivery and coaching for a team of about 10.
Selected Work
Software other people depend on, then the engineering system around it. Jacobs is current. NASA Earth science systems from 2017 to 2025 are still public.
01 — Projects
NASA · 2017–2025
Flood Mapping System
Python and Docker software that processes and distributes satellite-derived flood maps on AWS. The live map is public.
NASA · 2017–2025
LAADS DAAC
Find Data search, ordering, and near-real-time access for NASA satellite granules. Perl services with Kubernetes delivery.
Managed security · 1999–2005
Finium
Multi-tenant Java services for provisioning, monitoring, and incident workflows.
02 — Also at Goddard
Publishing, direct-readout products, and catalog access from the same years. Supporting chapters, not a second flagship set.
- NASA · 2017–2025 NASA Earth Observatory Public Earth science publishing. Editorial workflows, imagery, and a substantial audience.
- NASA · 2017–2025 Direct Readout Laboratory Satellite-data ingest, processing, and distribution for products other teams used.
- NASA · 2017–2025 ESSCOR Catalog, search, and access for Earth science holdings.
03 — Open Source
github.com/karlhillx ↗bb-run
★ 1🧪 Run Bitbucket Pipelines locally from bitbucket-pipelines.yml — Docker or host, including parallel steps, services, caches, artifacts, and after-script.
Python
atlassian
atlassian-bitbucket
sim-rs
🚀 High-performance satellite orbit and telemetry simulation engine. Built with Rust and Tokio for scale-testing mission control pipelines and high-throughput data sinks
Rust
pipeguard
🛡️ Policy-as-code validator for Bitbucket Pipelines. Enforce CI/CD standards, deployment safety, and organizational consistency across repositories.
Go
driftlens
🔍 The observability lens for configuration drift. Detect, classify, and score risky environment differences across .env, YAML, and JSON with policy-as-code.
Python
drift-rs
🛰️ High-performance telemetry and simulation data sink for aerospace operations. Built in Rust for memory safety, ultra-low latency, and mission-critical reliability.
Rust
homebrew-tap
Homebrew tap for bb-run (run Bitbucket Pipelines locally)
Ruby