Cameron Poole / Data Engineer & Geospatial Specialist
Geospatial data and software engineering for production systems.
I’m Cameron, a data engineer and spatial software specialist based in nipaluna / Hobart, lutruwita / Tasmania. I engineer robust spatial pipelines, cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, climate hazard and exposure models, and desktop engineering automations backed by test suites and transparent documentation.
Current availability
Available for focused, short-term contract work and open to senior data, software, or geospatial engineering positions.
Spatial & DataLead Data Engineer · Geoneon · 2024 — 2026
Led statewide data preparation, analysis and delivery QA for Geoneon's published 2026 Wildfire Index, assessing 450,356 building footprints across Tasmania.
- Published coverage
- Tasmania · 450,356 footprints
- Outcome
- Delivered the data and analysis underpinning Geoneon's statewide 2026 Wildfire Index.
- Technical differentiator
- Led source preparation, large-scale processing, spatial validation and publication-ready data delivery.
- wildfire-exposure
- python
- data-quality
Software & AutomationLead Software Engineer · cpoole.dev consulting for Peritas Structural Engineers · 2023 — Present
A production Revit add-in automating structural modelling, documentation and repetitive engineering workflows for industrial portal-frame buildings.
- Application
- Production Revit Add-in
- Outcome
- Automated structural modelling and drafting workflows directly inside Autodesk Revit, reducing repetitive manual work and improving consistency.
- Technical differentiator
- Combined structural engineering workflows with maintainable software architecture, automated testing and managed deployment.
Web & PlatformsLead Frontend Engineer · cpoole.dev consulting for Grip Sport Australia · 2026
Migrating Australia's national grip strength athletics platform from a legacy GoDaddy site builder to a component-driven Astro static site, improving page speed, mobile navigation, and competition discovery.
- Performance
- 95/100 desktop
- Outcome
- Migrated the national Grip Sport page to a static Astro architecture, establishing a 95/100 desktop performance baseline.
- Technical differentiator
- Replaced hosted builder lock-in with zero-JS static HTML, responsive competition scorecards, and edge deployment.
- astro
- tailwind-css
- static-site
Software & AutomationPrincipal Engineer & Consultant · cpoole.dev & Geoneon · 2024 — Present
Specification-driven agent workflows, repository-level governance, deterministic test harnesses, and human verification across spatial data and web platforms.
- Workflow
- 5 reviewed stages
- Outcome
- Established repository governance and automated test harnesses that keep autonomous coding agents constrained to verified specifications.
- Technical differentiator
- Enforced strict AGENTS.md operational boundaries, deterministic CI verification, and mandatory human review before merge.
- agentic-engineering
- ci-cd
- test-driven-development
How I approach the work
Start with the problem and the constraints. Make inputs and assumptions explicit. Test the parts that matter, review the outputs, and leave the next person enough context to maintain the system.
