Alister D'costa
Principal Bioinformatics Software Engineeer
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolAlister D'costa is a Principal Bioinformatics Software Engineer at Roche with a decade of experience at the intersection of computational biology and systems software. Trained as a PhD candidate in computational biology at the University of Toronto and seasoned in long-read sequencing, structural variant detection, and genome assembly, he combines deep research expertise with production-grade software engineering. His background includes building analysis pipelines and tooling at OICR, clinical-genomics integration at Mount Sinai, and low-latency database work on SAP HANA—showing a rare blend of bioinformatics and high-performance systems experience. He has taught core CS courses (Python, software design, systems, databases), which complements his ability to translate research methods into maintainable code and mentor teams. Colleagues value his knack for turning complex genomic problems into scalable, auditable pipelines that bridge lab and enterprise needs.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at Department of Computer Science, University of TorontoOntario High School Diploma, Ontario High School Diploma at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Catholic Secondary SchoolBachelor of Computer Science (BCs), Computer Science - Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Computer Science (BCs), Computer Science - Bioinformatics at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (17)
bioinformatics4
genomics3
partial3
seq3
sequence-alignment3
c-library2
simd2
graph1
blast1
algorithms1
sequence-to-sequence1
rust1
webassembly1
sequence1
annotate1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
adcosta17/BubbleDetectionLR
Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:82 commits, 9 pushes in 11 months
adcosta17/Retrotransposon-insert-detection
Feb 2021 - Oct 2023
Contributions:11 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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