Lloyd Mccarthy
Senior Software Engineer at Capital One
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLloyd Mccarthy is a Senior Software Engineer in Greater Boston who combines nine years of professional software experience with formal training in genetics and an MS in Bioinformatics. He bridges wet-lab and engineering teams, having researched DNA repair in yeast and built bioinformatics pipelines and statistical analyses with R and SciPy. Technically versatile across Java, JavaScript (Node.js/React), Python, C++, and databases like MySQL and MongoDB, he designs schemas tailored to life-sciences formats (GenBank, FASTA, ABIF, SBOL) and lab inventory systems. His open-source contributions include front-end and back-end work on the widely-used cBioPortal for cancer genomics, improving data presentation and API endpoints. At companies from Dana-Farber to Enthought and now Capital One, he has translated complex biological requirements into robust, production-ready software. He’s notable for pairing domain fluency in microbiology with pragmatic engineering—making dense experimental data both searchable and actionable.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at University of California, DavisMaster of Science - MS Bioinformatics, Master of Science - MS Bioinformatics at Boston University
English
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Github Skills (25)
javascript10
apidoc10
mobx10
cancer-genomics10
ui-design10
java10
javas10
uid10
api10
front-end-development10
react10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
typescript9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cBioPortal/cbioportal-frontend
Apr 2019 - May 2019
React Frontend of cBioPortal :tada:
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 14 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Lloyd primarily focused on front-end development tasks, specifically within the React framework of the cBioPortal frontend. Their contributions included updating and refactoring components like mutated genes and CNA tables. They also made changes related to tooltips, removing flexbox styles and creating new tooltips with clickable gene panels. These changes indicate a focus on improving the user interface and data presentation.
reactcbioportalreact-frontendmobxfrontend
cBioPortal/cbioportal
Apr 2019 - May 2019
cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 22 PRs, 1 branch in 1 month
Contributions summary:Lloyd primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the cBioPortal project. They focused on adding new endpoints, fixing bugs related to ordering, and modifying existing endpoints to improve functionality. These changes include updates to database interactions and API endpoints, with a focus on improving the handling of clinical events and gene panel data. The user demonstrated a good understanding of the project's architecture and data structures.
precision-medicinesciencecbioportalgenomicscancer
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