Michael Gough
Senior Data Scientist
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Gough is a Senior Data Scientist in Seattle with 11 years of experience applying bioinformatics, machine learning, and full-stack engineering to real-world products across startups and enterprise teams. He has shipped backend architecture and analytics portals at companies from AWS and NextEra Energy to real-estate SaaS Knock, and built bespoke data apps and pipelines using Docker, React, and Python. Trained as a bioinformatician, he combines statistical rigor with production engineering—designing systems that improve security alert quality, automate analysis, and visualize complex datasets. Comfortable as an owner-engineer, he repeatedly moves projects from prototype to production while keeping an eye on human-centric outcomes like healthspan and collective intelligence. A practical problem-solver, he has hands-on experience across the ML lifecycle, data engineering, and DevOps that helps bridge research and reliable operational delivery.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Merrillville High SchoolMaster of Science (M.S.) Bioinformatics, Master of Science (M.S.) Bioinformatics at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor of Science (BS) Biology General, Bachelor of Science (BS) Biology General at Wabash College
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
mcgoofenstein/mynameismrhyde
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:50 commits, 24 PRs, 40 pushes in 3 months
mcgoofenstein/theoracle
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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