Brian Eggert

Experienced Data Professional | Software Developer | Researcher

Austin, Texas, United States

About

academic turned data analyst turned software developer

Experience

  • Data Onboarding Expert at Filecoin Foundation
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Own the technical workflow of preparing and onboarding varied large, culturally valuable datasets to the filecoin network. Admin a postgres database for tracking the lifecycle of datasets on chain. Consult with both internal and external stakeholders as a technical reviewer of plans and contracts.

  • PRELINGER ARCHIVES LLC (Remote)
    • Decentralized Web Specialist
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

      I move data onto filecoin storage at scale, working for Prelinger Archives and Internet Archive as part of a massive project to move culturally important datasets to decentralized storage funded by the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, where I am the top contributor in the ecosystem on the client side.

    • Decentralized Web Technician
      May 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Managing the technical and logistical aspects of ethically onboarding multiple petabytes of historically and culturally significant films and metadata to the decentralized, open-access Filecoin storage network. Continuously testing new tools from Protocol Labs alongside decentralization engineers at Internet Archive. Developing and managing data pipelines for reporting and analysis.

  • Career transition at Career Break
    Sep 2022 - Feb 2023 · 6 mos

    Completed Hack Reactor's 19-week full-time intensive web development bootcamp for JavaScript and Python

  • Data Analyst, Demand at Decide
    Sep 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr

  • Data Integrity Specialist at Superior HealthPlan
    Dec 2018 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos