Olesya Melnichenko
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOlesya Melnichenko is a Senior Software Engineer with a PhD in Mathematics and eight years of industry experience, currently building software at Microsoft. She blends a strong scientific foundation in applied mathematics and modeling with hands-on data analysis and engineering practice, having worked across research, pharma modeling, and academia. Comfortable translating complex concepts for diverse stakeholders, she consistently delivers projects on time through disciplined planning and clear communication. Her background spans roles from junior researcher at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics to assistant professor at MSU and applied modeling at Novartis, reflecting both depth in theory and practical impact. At Microsoft she applies this hybrid research-engineering mindset to production-scale problems, bringing rigorous quantitative thinking to software development. An intellectually curious collaborator, she often bridges research insights and product requirements in cross-functional teams.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Professional TrainingsLomonosov Moscow State University
Russian, English
Github Skills (46)
genome10
converting10
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
sequence10
nextflow9
sequencing9
gwas9
discovery9
azure9
population-genetics9
delta8
nf-core8
pipeline8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/gatk4-somatic-snvs-indels-azure
Mar 2020 - Apr 2021
Workflows for somatic short variant discovery with GATK4
Contributions:4 commits, 10 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 1 month
shortdiscoverygatk4somaticworkflows
microsoft/gatk4-data-processing-azure
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
Workflows for processing high-throughput sequencing data for variant discovery with GATK4 and related tools
Contributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 2 months
sequencing
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