Eli Sander
Staff Software Reliability Engineer at Vytalize Health
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolEli Sander is a Staff Software Reliability Engineer with 11 years of experience building data infrastructure and quality systems for large, multimodal oncology datasets. Currently leading Data Health at Tempus and now on the SRE team at Vytalize Health, he designs testing standards and infrastructure to keep high-stakes biomedical data reliable and production-ready. His background spans data engineering, lead data science roles, and academic research with a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, giving him a rigorous, experimental approach to measuring and improving data quality. Eli blends statistical and software engineering expertise—R, Python, and C—from hypothesis-driven research to scalable pipelines, and he’s comfortable managing small cross-functional teams. He publishes academic work and maintains a public technical presence (github and personal site), signaling a commitment to reproducibility and open inquiry beyond typical SRE duties.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics and Statistics at University of Vermontstudied abroad, studied abroad at University of SussexDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of Chicago
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Github contributions (5)
elsander/elsander.github.io
Jul 2015 - May 2021
Contributions:44 pushes in 5 years 10 months
jekyll-blogjekylljekyll-thememinutes
elsander/civis-python
Aug 2017 - Feb 2021
Civis API Client for Python: https://civisanalytics.com/products/civis-platform/
Contributions:113 pushes, 46 branches in 3 years 6 months
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