Paul Hoffman
Senior Engineer I at TileDB
New York, New York, United States
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Paul Hoffman is a Senior Engineer with 11 years of experience building bioinformatics and data-focused software, currently advancing storage and analytics at TileDB in New York. He transitioned from hands-on bioinformatics roles at the New York Genome Center to platform engineering, bringing deep domain knowledge of genomics data formats and visualization. An active open-source contributor, Paul has fixed core issues and enhanced visualization features in Seurat, a widely used R toolkit for single-cell genomics. He combines back-end engineering and UI design sensibilities to deliver reliable data pipelines and intuitive visual tools. His background spans academia and industry, reflecting a practical ability to translate complex biological problems into maintainable software solutions.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Montgomery CollegeUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
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Github Skills (13)
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
ggplot10
r10
statistic9
debug9
statistics9
debugging9
genome6
python-multiprocessing6
python6
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
satijalab/seurat
Apr 2017 - Dec 2022
R toolkit for single cell genomics
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & UI Designer
Back-end Developer & UI DesignerContributions:25 releases, 13 reviews, 2334 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to Seurat, an R toolkit for single-cell genomics, by addressing bugs and implementing features in the visualization and core data handling components. They fixed issues in the `FeaturePlot` function, resolving problems with blended visualizations, incorrect dimension names, and inconsistencies related to data slot handling. They also addressed regular expression errors and style issues throughout the project.
single-cell-genomicscranhuman-cell-atlasgenomicsbioinformatics
mojaveazure/mojaveazure.r-universe.dev
Dec 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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