My expertise lies in backend development, data modeling, and research data curation, particularly within collaborative and community-centered digital humanities initiatives.

I currently serve as Digital Humanities Research Facilitator at UCSB Library, helping researchers transition from spreadsheets to relational databases, metadata workflows, and open-source digital tools.

• TrayectoriasAfro.org
  Django + DRF + SvelteKit platform mapping lives and movements of enslaved individuals.

• GeoResolver
  Python library resolving historical place names using Getty TGN, Wikidata, and GeoNames.

• Sondondo Parish Records
  Probabilistic record linkage and data modeling of Peruvian parish registers (1760‑1921).

• Imagining Futures
  UK-based repository supporting community-driven archival and memory practices (2022).

• Neogranadina
  Collaboration with a Colombian NGO on digital preservation, historical memory, and archival justice.

Happy to connect on:

• Digital history and archival platforms
• Backend development for DH tools
• Historical data pipelines & entity reconciliation
• Community‑centered or multilingual DH collaborations

• ✉️ jmeloflorez@ucsb.edu
• 🔗 jairomelo.com
• 💻 @jairomelo