Issar Arab
Lead Data Engineer
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolIssar Arab is a Lead Data Engineer based in Munich with 10 years of cross-continental experience building data platforms, applied AI research, and production ML systems across industry and academia. He blends hands-on engineering at Microsoft and ruhrdot. with research roles at University of Antwerp and Rosalab-style bioinformatics labs, enabling him to translate cutting-edge ML methods into scalable data solutions. His background spans software engineering, AI-driven bioinformatics, and organizational leadership training from Oxford, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and people-first leadership. Known for moving between research and product contexts, he often bridges domain expertise—like pharmaceutical applied research—and enterprise data engineering to deliver impactful, production-ready analytics.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at West Virginia UniversityHigh School Degree science mathématique B, High School Degree science mathématique B at Lycée Technique Moulay YoussefPostgraduate Certificate Organizational Leadership, Postgraduate Certificate Organizational Leadership at Saïd Business School, University of OxfordMaster of Science in Informatics Machine Learning and Analytics, Master of Science in Informatics Machine Learning and Analytics at Technical University of MunichMaster of Science in Software Engineering, Master of Science in Software Engineering at Al Akhawayn UniversityApplied Research Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Applied Research Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of Alberta
French, Arabic, English, German
Github Skills (74)
blast10
approximate10
spectral10
searching10
taxonomy9
bioinformatics9
psi9
metagenomics9
sdk8
clustering8
sequence8
asynchronous8
sequence-alignment8
opc8
opc-ua7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
issararab/EPSAPG
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
IsarPipelline: super fast sequence alignment tool that runs the muscles of MMseqs2 and generates PSI-BLAST output (profile and pssm)
Contributions:49 commits, 2 PRs, 36 pushes in 3 years 5 months
psi-blastsequencesuper-fastpsipssm
issararab/PEvoLM
Jun 2020 - Jan 2024
Protein Sequence Evolutionary Information Language Model
Contributions:3 PRs, 37 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 6 months
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