Adam Abeshouse
Software Engineer at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Abeshouse is a product-oriented full stack software engineer with 13 years of experience building tools that improve people’s lives, currently at Google after eight years developing bioinformatics platforms at Memorial Sloan Kettering. He combines strong backend data engineering—demonstrated by significant contributions to the widely used cBioPortal cancer genomics API and data-access layers—with thoughtful frontend work modernizing React UI components and visualizations. A Brown Computer Science magna cum laude and MSW student, he brings rare domain empathy to technical problems, bridging clinical data needs with robust engineering. Comfortable across the stack, Adam has a track record of refactoring complex systems for clarity and performance while shipping user-focused features. He thrives on making data accessible and actionable for researchers and clinicians, and often favors pragmatic design choices that prioritize maintainability and real-world impact.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Social Work - MSW, 4.0, Master of Social Work - MSW, 4.0 at Fordham Graduate School of Social ServiceBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 4.0 in-major, 3.96 cumulative (Magna Cum Laude), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 4.0 in-major, 3.96 cumulative (Magna Cum Laude) at Brown University
Github Skills (15)
javas10
javascript10
api10
apidoc10
mobx10
java10
cancer-genomics10
react10
mybatis9
mybatis-plus9
spring-boot8
sql8
typescript4
typescripts4
typescript-types4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cBioPortal/cbioportal-frontend
Jun 2015 - Apr 2022
React Frontend of cBioPortal :tada:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:270 reviews, 1002 commits, 1379 PRs in 6 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily worked on the front-end of the cBioPortal project. They were involved in refactoring and updating UI components, specifically related to the clinical attribute selector used in the Oncoprint visualization. Their work includes changes to the component's styling, functionality, and integration with React Select and React Select2 libraries, and modifying the violin plot table. They also made adjustments to the layout and rendering behavior.
reactcbioportalreact-frontendmobxfrontend
cBioPortal/cbioportal
Dec 2015 - Apr 2022
cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 63 commits, 279 PRs in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily focused on back-end development within the cBioPortal project, making changes to the API and data access layers. Their work involved refactoring services to use sample IDs instead of patient IDs, enhancing data retrieval, and enabling querying profile data by sample lists. They also implemented the logic to fetch genetic profile data and integrated the sample list functionality into the data manager, impacting the overall data access and retrieval process.
precision-medicinesciencecbioportalgenomicscancer
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