Christian Schudoma
Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolChristian Schudoma is a Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building production-ready genomics workflows, cloud-native bioinformatics platforms, and mentoring teams. Based in Heidelberg and currently at EMBL, he transitioned from structural RNA research to lead technical and managerial efforts in workflow development, analysis, and bioinformatics support. His background spans academic research (PhD in Bioinformatics) and applied engineering roles across EMBL, Earlham Institute, and The Genome Analysis Centre, giving him both deep domain knowledge and operational experience. He’s skilled in translating complex computational biology needs into robust, reproducible pipelines and scalable cloud solutions, and has a track record of maintaining community tools and training users. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic tooling choices and for turning research prototypes into supported infrastructure. Beyond code, he brings a rare blend of hands-on development, user-facing support, and strategic oversight that smooths the bridge between research and reliable production services.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Bioinformatics, PhD, Bioinformatics at Universität PotsdamBachelor of Science (BSc), Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bioinformatics at Freie Universität Berlin
English, German
Github Skills (67)
raw-data10
pypi10
orange10
bioinformatics10
singularity9
reproducible-science9
nextflow9
dataflow9
slurm9
package-management9
classifier9
metadata9
profiling9
microbiome9
genomics9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
zellerlab/vortex_light
Jan 2022 - May 2024
Contributions:5 PRs, 37 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 4 months
zellerlab/cayman
Feb 2023 - Jul 2026
A command-line tool for profiling CAZyme abundances in metagenomic datasets.
Contributions:2 releases, 4 reviews, 10 PRs in 3 years 5 months
command-line-toolprofiling
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