Jose Hleap
Principal Scientist - Bioinformatics, AI & Data Science
North Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJose Hleap is a Principal Scientist specializing in bioinformatics, AI, and data science with over 12 years of industry experience and an 18-year research track record bridging HPC and cloud deployments. He builds scalable, Python-first pipelines (Dask, HDF5) for spatial-omics, liquid biopsy analytics, and optical pooled screens, translating complex high-dimensional biology into production-ready tools. A PhD-trained computational biologist, he has led national bioinformatics teams, developed no-code platforms to democratize analyses, and implemented robust DevOps practices including CI/CD and reproducible workflows. His work spans end-to-end image processing, registration, segmentation and phenotypic profiling for drug discovery, plus interactive dashboards and AI model integration for precision oncology. Known for mentoring junior scientists and creating practical recruitment tooling (live code interview product), he blends hands-on coding with strategic technical leadership. Based in Ontario, Canada, he combines academic rigor with consultancy-driven product delivery to accelerate translational research.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalhousie UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Genetics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Genetics at Universidad del Valle (CO)
Spanish, English, Portuguese, French
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Github Skills (118)
linux9
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genomics9
bioinformatics9
genome9
sequencing9
modular8
python8
atom-plugin8
single-cell-genomics8
gist7
cpp7
mixture-model7
spark-ml7
wordpress7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
CristescuLab/Scripts
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:179 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
jshleap/jshleap.github.io
Aug 2019 - Jan 2025
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Contributions:118 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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