Andrew Klymenko
Software Engineer at NIH
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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RockstarAndrew Klymenko is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of experience building robust back-end tools at the NIH from Rockville, Maryland. He focuses on reliable data handling and configuration for scientific tooling, contributing notable fixes to the widely used NCBI SRA Tools—improving transfer controls, proxy support, and download handling. Comfortable navigating legacy codebases and compilation nuances, he brings practical expertise in making bioinformatics infrastructure more resilient and configurable. Known for steady, hands-on contributions rather than spotlight roles, he pairs institutional knowledge with a pragmatic engineering approach to keep critical systems operational.
13 years of coding experience
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ncbi/sra-tools
Feb 2015 - Jan 2023
SRA Tools
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 901 commits, 26 PRs in 8 years
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily worked on modifying the SRA Tools, focusing on changes related to data handling and configuration. They adjusted the maximum transfer rate in the ascp tool and addressed the obsolescence of vdb-passwd. Additionally, they implemented support for HTTP proxy configurations and made adjustments to the compilation process. Furthermore, they introduced changes to the code dealing with the download process for file types and dependencies.
sra
ncbi/ngs
Oct 2014 - Nov 2022
NGS Language Bindings
Contributions:376 commits, 4 PRs, 313 pushes in 8 years 2 months
ngslanguage-bindings
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