Harrison Pielke-Lombardo is a Senior Backend Engineer with a decade of experience blending rigorous computational bioscience research and production software development. He holds a PhD in Computational Bioscience and a BS in Applied Mathematics with minors in Computer Science and Biochemistry, bringing deep domain expertise in bioinformatics to backend system design. Harrison has progressed from academic research—using algorithms like Aho-Corasick and Markov embedding to study CRISPR and cancer genomics—to leading backend work at Peruse and OTR Solutions, delivering robust, data-driven services. Based in Littleton, Colorado, he excels at translating complex biological problems into scalable, maintainable code and is comfortable navigating both research and product engineering cultures. An often-overlooked strength is his background in statistical modeling of ecological and genomic systems, which informs a pragmatic, analytical approach to system reliability and data integrity.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computational Bioscience, Master of Science - MS Computational Bioscience at University of Colorado Anschutz
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado Boulder
Contributions:1 release, 65 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 5 months
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Harrison Pielke-lombardo - Senior Backend Engineer - Peruse at OTR Solutions