Alex Schiffer
Software Engineer
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Schiffer is a platform-oriented cell biologist and software-aware research scientist with 9+ years of experience designing and scaling functional assays and NGS workflows for therapeutic discovery. Based in Cambridge, MA, he has driven target validation and preclinical pharmacology across startups and industry (Harton Therapeutics, Remix Therapeutics, Biogen), often joining early teams and helping scale operations, hiring, and mentorship. He blends hands-on molecular techniques (CRISPR, ASOs, oligonucleotides) with bioinformatics and automation—having written Python/FIJI image analysis tools and NGS genotyping pipelines to accelerate experiments. Known for translating bench data into clear cross-functional decisions, he routinely presents to groups of 5–40 stakeholders and has directly managed and trained junior scientists. His academic foundation (M.Eng. in Biomedical Engineering, BS in Biology) supports a pragmatic focus on reproducible assays that move programs toward the clinic.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General, 3.6 Overall GPA, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General, 3.6 Overall GPA at University of Central FloridaMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.), Biomedical Engineering, 3.9 GPA, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Biomedical Engineering, 3.9 GPA at Boston University
Github Skills (2)
github10
git10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
alexjschiffer/Schiffer-Website
Jun 2017 - Apr 2020
Contributions:4 PRs, 92 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 10 months
reactnextjs
alexjschiffer/AutoEmma
Jul 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 release, 12 commits, 7 pushes in 2 months
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