Michael Pheasant
Software Engineer at In Silico Informatics
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Pheasant is a software engineer and bioinformatics researcher with 16 years of multidisciplinary experience building production web apps, research computing platforms, and genomic data pipelines. He combines full-stack TypeScript/React work and Azure-based ETL and data-warehouse design with hands-on bioinformatics expertise in GCP/Broad genomics tooling to deliver actionable science and business insights. Comfortable collaborating across domains, he has led large research computing projects (Genomics Virtual Lab) and co-led grant-funded infrastructure while shipping features in high-profile open-source projects such as the WordPress Gutenberg editor. His background ranges from managing genome research computing at a university to embedding accessibility and editor integrations at Tiny, reflecting both academic rigor (PhD in Bioinformatics) and pragmatic product engineering. Notably, he pairs deep domain knowledge of genomic variant processing with practical experience integrating enterprise APIs and PowerBI for operational reporting. Based in Brisbane, he brings a rare blend of research credibility, startup grit, and long-term systems delivery.
16 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer science, (Honours), Bachelor’s Degree, Computer science, (Honours) at The University of AucklandDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Bioscience (Bioinformatics), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Bioscience (Bioinformatics) at The University of QueenslandTereora College, Rarotonga
English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
react10
ui-components10
gutenberg9
css9
wordpress9
scs8
sc8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 day
Contributions summary:Michael contributed to the front-end development of the Gutenberg editor, specifically focusing on the "tinymce-single-react-ui" component. Their commits primarily involved refactoring UI components like buttons and boxes, and implementing positioning logic for toolbars using React. The user also integrated and modified the existing "Turducken" component, likely to improve the visual editing experience within the WordPress block editor context.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
insilico-io/slate
Mar 2017 - Jul 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 7 years 4 months
text-editorsrich-textcustomizabletext-editoreditor
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