Juan Ossa
Principal Software Engineer at Genentech
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJuan Ossa is a Principal Software Engineer with 11 years of cross-disciplinary experience blending mechatronics, biomedical engineering, and computer science to build large-scale genomics and precision medicine infrastructure. He led engineering at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Papaemmanuil Lab, shipping production tools for clinical cancer research before joining Genentech, and combines academic research, entrepreneurship, and industry practice. Skilled at translating complex biology into scalable software, he holds an MEng from Cornell Tech and dual engineering bachelors from Colombia, reflecting a strong foundation in both hardware and software systems. A lifelong teacher and learner, he brings curiosity-driven innovation to teams and a track record of turning research prototypes into impactful products.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Educación secundaria, Bachelor's degree, Educación secundaria at Colegio Colombo BritánicoBachelor of Science - BS, Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biomedical Engineering at Universidad CESMaster of Engineering in Computer Science - MEng CS, Master of Engineering in Computer Science - MEng CS at Cornell TechBachelor of Science - BS, Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechatronics Engineering at Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese
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Github Skills (200)
material-components10
ui-components10
javascript10
nextflow10
fasta10
aggregate10
vuejs310
vue10
vuetify10
pypi10
neumorphism10
barrage10
semantic10
bioinformatics10
multiselectdropdown10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
juanesarango/deBruijn-dna-assembly
Nov 2020 - Oct 2023
Aligner for DNA short sequences by creating deBrujin graphs
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
papaemmelab/nf-purple
Aug 2023 - Jan 2025
Nextflow Pipeline to run Purple from HmfTools
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 6 PRs in 1 year 4 months
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