Joel Schneider
Senior Bioinformatics Programmer Analyst
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Schneider is a Senior Bioinformatics Programmer/Analyst with over 10 years of hands-on software development experience and a career rooted in building secure, reliable systems for healthcare and research. Based in Minneapolis, he blends deep expertise in Java, Groovy, and Perl with strong foundations in relational database design, test-driven and object-oriented approaches, and secure communications. At the National Marrow Donor Program he has led and implemented projects such as HLA imputation, HL7 FHIR server work, and the EMDIS messaging system, often acting as technical architect and mentor. He contributes to prominent open-source efforts like HAPI FHIR, improving performance, FHIR version support, and API security tests—evidence of practical interoperability and standards knowledge. Joel’s background spans from low-level C and systems work to modern web services, and he’s comfortable evaluating and integrating complex toolchains (caGrid, OpenSSL, X.509) into production software. That combination of long-term institutional knowledge and continual open-source engagement makes him a dependable engineer for challenging bioinformatics and healthcare integration projects.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Minnesota
Github Skills (13)
smart-on-fhir10
javas10
java-api10
hapi-fhir10
hl7-fhir10
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
java10
health9
testing9
ehealth9
medical9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
hapifhir/hapi-fhir
Dec 2015 - Oct 2020
🔥 HAPI FHIR - Java API for HL7 FHIR Clients and Servers
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 15 commits, 12 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Joel primarily focused on enhancing the HAPI FHIR Java API by modifying existing code and adding new features. They updated the example server to run in STU3 mode, demonstrating a good understanding of FHIR versions. Furthermore, the user improved the performance of the system by revising the saveConcept method, and added upload support for a new terminology. Finally, the user added a test for a CorsInterceptor demonstrating understanding of API security best practices.
hapi-fhirhl7-fhirjava-apijavahl7
jschneid-nmdp/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-starter
May 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
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