Nicholas Grosenbacher
Senior Software Engineer at Sage Bionetworks
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Grosenbacher is a Senior Software Engineer based in Columbus, Ohio, with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable, user-focused web applications in research and bioinformatics contexts. He progressed from intern to senior engineer at Sage Bionetworks, where he shaped Synapse.org’s frontend and engineered high-impact components like a configurable Entity Finder and a customized JSON Schema Form Wizard. Comfortable across Java, TypeScript/React, Python, R and cloud platforms, he bridges design, backend, and product teams to deliver performant, maintainable solutions that support large-scale scientific data workflows. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the popular react-jsonschema-form library by adding conditional schema support and UX enhancements. Academically strong—Summa Cum Laude in Computer Science and Engineering from Ohio State—Nicholas pairs rigorous research experience in cancer informatics with pragmatic engineering, including work on terabyte-scale upload reliability and data harmonization. He’s driven by interdisciplinary projects that make data more equitable and accessible, often surfacing subtle UX and performance wins that benefit broad user communities.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma (with Honors), 4.429 (Modified 4.33 scale), High School Diploma (with Honors), 4.429 (Modified 4.33 scale) at Tallmadge High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science and Engineering, Summa Cum Laude at The Ohio State University
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Github Skills (13)
javascript10
ui-design10
json-schema10
forms10
react10
typescript-types9
web-content9
webpages9
data-validation9
bootstrap9
typescript9
typescripts9
json9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
rjsf-team/react-jsonschema-form
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
A React component for building Web forms from JSON Schema.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 533 reviews, 25 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily contributed to the implementation of features and bug fixes related to the React-based form library. Their work included adding support for conditional schemas (If/Then/Else), integrating features for additional properties in the bootstrap-4 theme and fixing integration issues. The user also worked on updating the documentation and fixing issues in the playground, and improved the overall user experience.
react-componentreactweb-formsjson-schemajson
nickgros/Synapse-Repository-Services
Nov 2018 - Mar 2025
The Synapse Repository Services project is the home of the JSON REST web services for Synapse.
Contributions:7 PRs, 306 pushes, 79 branches in 6 years 5 months
web-servicesjson-restrestrest-apijson
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