Layomi Akinrinade
Research Software Engineer at University of Washington eScience Institute
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolLayomi Akinrinade is a Research Software Engineer in Seattle with a decade of experience building reliable, performant systems at the intersection of research and production software. Previously on the .NET libraries team at Microsoft and at Google, Layomi has worked on large-scale runtime and fairness evaluation systems, shipping core improvements to System.Text.Json that enhanced serialization, deserialization, and performance in a flagship open-source repo. Now at the University of Washington eScience Institute, they develop LLMaven—an open-source suite of LLM coding agents for astrophysics workflows—while studying how researchers adopt and verify these tools in practice. With a Master’s in HCI and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science, Layomi combines rigorous engineering, product-aware design, and an attention to trust and verification in AI-enabled research tools.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics and Computer Science at Morehouse CollegeMaster of Human-Computer Interaction and Design, Master of Human-Computer Interaction and Design at University of Washington, Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design
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Github Skills (11)
arcgisruntime10
net10
asp-net10
dotnet10
run-time10
runtimes10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
json-serialization10
hash-functions6
hash6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/runtime
Jan 2019 - Oct 2022
.NET is a cross-platform runtime for cloud, mobile, desktop, and IoT apps.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:957 reviews, 198 commits, 456 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Layomi primarily worked on the .NET runtime repository, contributing to the System.Text.Json library. Their commits focused on enhancing the JSON serializer's functionality, including adding support for new features such as property visibility, handling of nullable values in dictionaries, the ability to deserialize into classes with parameterized constructors, and improved handling of enums during both serialization and deserialization. They also addressed bugs and improved performance within the serializer.
dotnetruntimelinuxcsharpxamarin
layomia/jsonconvertergenerator
Dec 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:21 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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