Matthew Peterkort
Research Software Engineer at Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Peterkort is a Research Software Engineer based in the Portland, Oregon area with eight years of hands-on experience building web and research tools using Go, React, and Python. At Oregon Health & Science University he focuses on open-source-first solutions that bridge research workflows and production-quality software. His background in computer science from Oregon State University underpins a pragmatic approach to full-stack development, from performant back-end services to responsive front ends. Prior roles, including community-focused positions like lifeguard, have honed his teamwork, responsibility, and service-oriented mindset. Matthew favors transparent, collaborative code practices and contributes primarily to open-source projects, making his work accessible for reuse and audit in research settings. He combines academic rigor with practical engineering to turn complex research problems into reproducible software.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Oregon State University
Github Skills (32)
git10
github10
patch10
badger10
anvil9
drs9
subversion9
mongodb9
graphdb8
graph8
golang8
graphql6
validation6
json6
python5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ACED-IDP/gen3-frontend-framework
Mar 2024 - Mar 2025
A Frontend Framework for Gen3 data portals
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 54 pushes in 1 year
bmeg/jsonschemagraph
Jul 2023 - Apr 2025
Validate and generate graphs from data using JSON Schema Extension
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 20 PRs in 1 year 9 months
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