Andrew Boughton
Professional Services Engineer at Globus.org
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Boughton is a Professional Services Engineer and PhD chemist with 13 years of experience building full-stack web applications and research software that help teams create, share, and understand complex datasets. He’s delivered high-impact, open-source tools—such as LocusZoom.js with over a million visualizations per year—and has led cloud-based scientific services including a FISMA-moderate TOPMed Imputation Server rewrite that cut operating costs by 20%. Comfortable across Python, Django/Flask, Ember.js and modern cloud stacks, he combines hands-on backend work (API design, workflows, security) with front-end visualization and data harmonization pipelines. He’s shipped platform migrations, microservices, and desktop sync clients, and has a track record mentoring teams and improving reproducibility in research software. Active in the open science community, his contributions include backend and UI work for the OSF Preprints service. Based in Ann Arbor, he pairs rigorous scientific training with pragmatic engineering to turn complex research requirements into production-grade, auditable systems.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemistry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Chemistry at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemistry at Arizona State UniversityComputer Science, Computer Science at Eastern Michigan University
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (18)
python10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
django10
pixel10
api10
oauth10
numpy9
mako9
templater8
template-engine8
json8
optimization6
package6
forloop6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
CenterForOpenScience/osf.io
Apr 2015 - Apr 2017
Facilitating Open Science
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:461 commits, 113 PRs, 1541 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Andrew appears to be working on adding features related to the OSF Preprints service. Their commits focus on implementing API endpoints for creating and managing applications, including data models, routes, and views, primarily using Python and Django. They are also making UI changes with Mako templates related to the developer apps, and incorporating those templates into the existing settings and account pages. Their work is primarily focused on building and maintaining the back-end infrastructure to support the OSF platform and the new preprints service.
pythonsciencedjango-rest-frameworkdjangojavascript
abought/testing_repo
May 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:430 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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