Chris Walker
Lead Software Engineer at Zilch
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Walker is a Lead Software Engineer based in London with 11 years of experience building mobile and web applications, currently leading engineering at Zilch. He is proficient in Python, C++ and JavaScript and has moved from hands-on frontend competency leadership to broader technical ownership, shipping React Native apps and improving web services. Chris contributes to the nf-core community—maintaining Nextflow DSL2 modules and Docker cleanup—bringing bioinformatics-adjacent tooling experience from time at the Francis Crick Institute. His background blends industry and academic work, including a C++ system for quantum communications research, reflecting a knack for applying low-level engineering to product-facing systems. He holds a B.Eng. in Computer Science from the University of York and is known for pragmatic refactors that simplify dependencies and improve reproducibility.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng. Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - B.Eng. Computer Science at University of York
Github Skills (13)
go-modules10
jsmodules10
kernel-module10
nextflow10
dsl10
dockers9
bioinformatics9
biom9
docker9
workflow-engine8
workflow-automation8
argo-workflows8
pipeline8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nf-core/modules
Jun 2020 - May 2022
Repository to host tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:47 reviews, 75 commits, 19 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Chris's commits focus on developing and maintaining tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community. They have cleaned up and updated Docker files, including removing dependencies. The user refactored and updated module definitions to complete specific features. The user's work also includes improving file naming and adding index output from modules.
nf-corehostnextflow-dsl2nextflowdsl2
nf-core/cutandrun
Jan 2021 - Nov 2022
Analysis pipeline for CUT&RUN and CUT&TAG experiments that includes QC, support for spike-ins, IgG controls, peak calling and downstream analysis.
Contributions:8 releases, 135 reviews, 937 commits in 1 year 10 months
callingbioinformaticspipelinecutandrunnextflow
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