Alex Coman
Software Architect at Yonder
Iași, Romania
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Top SchoolAlex Coman is a software architect based in Iași, Romania, with 11 years of experience building secure, scalable systems and clean code across cloud, SRE, DevOps and security domains. At Yonder he progressed from DevOps and SRE roles into cybersecurity and now architecture, demonstrating an unusual blend of hands-on infrastructure, threat-aware engineering and platform design. He contributes to open-source bioinformatics tooling—improving RNA-seq workflows and adding Azure Blob support to bcbio-nextgen—showing a pragmatic focus on interoperability and data storage options. As a former security researcher and technical trainer, he pairs deep defensive knowledge with the ability to mentor and translate complex concepts for teams. He holds advanced studies in computer software engineering and computational optimization from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, underpinning a methodical, performance-minded approach to problem solving. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful system trade-offs that balance security, scalability and maintainability.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din IașiColegiul Național "Ștefan cel Mare" Suceava
Romanian, English
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Github Skills (5)
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
azure-blob-storage10
python10
object-storage9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
bcbio/bcbio-nextgen
Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
Validated, scalable, community developed variant calling, RNA-seq and small RNA analysis
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 1 comment in 5 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the `bcbio-nextgen` repository by addressing bugs and making improvements to the RSEM integration for RNA-seq analysis. They fixed missing imports in the `bcbio.rnaseq.rsem` module and made cosmetic changes. Additionally, the user refactored the `bcbio.distributed.objectstore` module, adding support for Azure Blob storage. These changes indicate a focus on expanding data storage options and ensuring the software's smooth functionality.
rna-seq
alexcoman/teaching.alexcoman.com
Feb 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:324 commits, 89 PRs, 259 pushes in 3 years 4 months
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