Joshua Baskaran
Senior Software Engineer at UiT- The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Baskaran is a Senior Software Engineer based in Tromsø with five years of experience building software at the intersection of research and production, currently contributing to UiT — The Arctic University of Norway. With a background in molecular medicine and computational sciences, he brings strong bioinformatics domain knowledge from roles at Oslo University Hospital and Universitetet i Oslo to software engineering problems. He enjoys experimenting with new languages and frameworks to understand trade-offs and pick the right tool for each scenario, often translating research needs into robust, maintainable systems. Joshua’s curiosity extends beyond code to biology and astronomy, which informs a pragmatic, data-driven approach to problem solving. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful engineer who bridges scientific insight and practical software delivery.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computational and Integrative Sciences, Master's degree, Computational and Integrative Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityBachelor's degree, Chemistry, Bachelor's degree, Chemistry at St. Stephen's College, DelhiNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Norwegian
Github Skills (39)
tracks9
tabular8
bioinformatics7
genomics7
data-models6
file-api6
metadata6
elixir6
ontologies6
encryption5
proxy5
docker-image5
visualization5
pii5
javascript4
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ELIXIR-NO/metatrack-api
May 2025 - Sep 2025
Metatrack's REST API layer with documentation
Contributions:1 review, 21 PRs, 84 pushes in 4 months
uio-bmi/localega-tsd-proxy
Sep 2022 - Sep 2024
Contributions:1 release, 6 reviews, 19 PRs in 2 years
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