Ian J
Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolIan J is a Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer with 12 years of experience who blends rigorous software engineering with data science to advance cancer diagnostics at Tempus AI. He progressed from the Innovation Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering to senior roles at Tempus, building and productionizing bioinformatics pipelines that directly support oncology patient care. Ian contributes to open-source workflow tooling—working on Toil to improve CWL/WDL integration and fix resource/LSF issues—demonstrating attention to reproducible, scalable pipelines. Comfortable across backend and DevOps responsibilities, he pairs a Columbia MS with hands-on bootcamp training and a track record of turning complex computational biology needs into robust, maintainable software.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Amherst CollegeMaster of Science (MS), Master of Science (MS) at Columbia University in the City of New YorkJavaScript Boot Camp, JavaScript Boot Camp at Code Fellows
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Github Skills (19)
python10
workflow-engine10
ccl10
documentation10
bash8
devops8
aws7
lsf7
matrix-inverse6
nodejs6
kubernetes-pods6
yaml6
pdf6
loops6
numpy6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
DataBiosphere/toil
Nov 2017 - Sep 2021
A scalable, efficient, cross-platform (Linux/macOS) and easy-to-use workflow engine in pure Python.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:9 commits, 8 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ian contributed to documentation updates, particularly for CWL and WDL workflow integration. They also addressed a bug related to memory usage calculations and removed a type requirement from LSF support. Further contributions include exposing a parameter and fixing a potential issue with log file linking.
pythoncommon-workflow-languagemesosawsslurm
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