Jay Ghurye
Software Engineer at Meta
College Park, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJay Ghurye is a software engineer with over a decade of experience building large-scale data processing and storage systems, currently at Meta after senior engineering work at Google and Verily. He combines strong algorithmic and data-analysis expertise from bioinformatics and genomics projects with hands-on systems design—having led teams deploying AWS pipelines and data-quality monitoring for client-facing data warehouses. His background includes developing diploid genome assembly and structural-variation tools, reflecting a knack for translating complex scientific problems into production software. A clear communicator and team lead, Jay is comfortable driving features under tight deadlines while keeping attention to detail and operational reliability front and center. Based in College Park, MD, he pairs deep technical rigor (PhD-level study in computer science) with practical delivery across research and industry contexts.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of MarylandBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Engineering at Veermata Jijabai Techonlogical Institute
Github Skills (33)
scaffold10
assembly10
genome-assembly10
biotechnology7
bioinformatics7
genomics7
sparse6
doi6
file-format6
genome5
python4
python-bindings4
pipeline3
data-structures3
metagenomics3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
marbl/SALSA
Aug 2016 - May 2021
SALSA: A tool to scaffold long read assemblies with Hi-C data
Contributions:1 release, 34 commits, 11 PRs in 4 years 9 months
scaffoldsalsahiclonghi-c
marbl/MetaCarvel
Feb 2017 - Sep 2019
MetaCarvel: A scaffolder for metagenomes
Contributions:35 commits, 5 PRs, 116 pushes in 2 years 7 months
scaffoldermetagenomesgenome-assembly
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