Alex Kanitz
Software Engineer at Biozentrum, University of Basel & SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics / ELIXIR Switzerland
Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland
Summary
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RockstarAlex Kanitz is a software engineer and bioinformatician based in Basel, Switzerland, with 11 years of experience focused on lab automation. He blends software engineering rigor with life-science domain knowledge to streamline experimental workflows and bridge wet-lab processes with reliable automation systems. Comfortable across code and biology, he likely contributes to both tooling and pipeline design that improve reproducibility in the lab. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, Alex brings a user-focused approach to building maintainable, testable systems for scientific teams.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (152)
snakemake10
package-management10
command-line-interface10
swagger10
transcriptomics10
flask-extensions10
rest-api10
genomics10
openapi10
flask10
singularity10
drs10
api10
trigger10
rna-seq10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
elixir-cloud-aai/mock-TES
Jun 2019 - Feb 2020
Connexion-based mock-up service implementing the GA4GH Task Execution Service API schema
Contributions:43 commits, 37 PRs, 34 pushes in 8 months
apiga4ghmock-upapi-schemaconnexion
elixir-cloud-aai/drs-filer
May 2020 - Jul 2022
Lightweight, flexible Flask/Gunicorn-based GA4GH DRS implementation
Contributions:43 reviews, 4 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years 2 months
drsflaskgunicorn
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