Hunter Richards
Staff Software Engineer at Myriad Genetics
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHunter Richards is a Staff Software Engineer in Austin, TX with 11 years of experience building and maintaining large Python codebases in biotechnology and medical billing domains. He combines hands-on work in legacy systems with designing scalable architectures for greenfield projects, and has a track record of integrating internal microservices with external platforms like Salesforce and Bank of America. His scientific training from Stanford, plus publications and patents, enables him to translate complex regulatory, clinical, and business requirements into practical software solutions. Hunter has led cross-disciplinary teams to deliver ambitious, deadline-driven projects and is comfortable navigating both bench-science workflows and enterprise engineering constraints. Unwilling to relocate, he offers deep domain expertise at the intersection of life sciences and enterprise integrations, making him especially effective where technical rigor and regulatory context matter.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
M.S, Biology, M.S, Biology at Stanford University, CaliforniaBachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General at Stanford University
English
Github Skills (30)
transaction10
pytest10
python10
django-framework10
django10
orm10
double10
django-rest-framework10
testing9
hierarchical9
unit-testing9
scales9
web-framework8
functional-testing8
sink7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hrichards/hunter_dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Oct 2024
Contributions:28 pushes in 9 years 9 months
counsyl/capone
Dec 2015 - Jun 2022
Provides double-entry bookkeeping in Django with the ability to link Django objects as evidence for a transaction.
Contributions:448 commits, 21 PRs, 89 pushes in 6 years 7 months
pythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangoabilitydouble
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