Ross Thorne
Senior Bioinformatics Data Engineer
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRoss Thorne is a Senior Bioinformatics Data Engineer with a decade of experience bridging computational biology and production software engineering. He has moved from PhD-level cancer research to building cloud-native bioinformatics pipelines and interactive visualisations for organisations such as EMBL-EBI and Immunocore, consistently shipping tested, CI/CD-driven services and REST APIs. Ross combines strong visual design and clear scientific communication with hands-on skills in full-stack development, pipeline automation, and data platform architecture. He has led projects from prototype to reproducible deployment—spearheading automated test strategies and peer review practices—and has applied his domain expertise to translational problems like immunotherapy target screening. Based in the Greater Oxford area, he is a fast learner who thrives both as a technical lead and as a collaborative contributor.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Clinical Laboratory Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Clinical Laboratory Science at University of OxfordBachelor of Science (BSc) Biomedical Sciences, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biomedical Sciences at University of Kent
English
Github Skills (31)
finder9
standardization9
mouse9
visualization7
css7
docopt7
pip5
svg5
requirements5
packaging5
python5
fonts5
lockfile4
setuptools4
command-line-interface4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rmwthorne/rmwthorne.github.io
Nov 2018 - May 2020
Portfolio site with contact information
Contributions:2 PRs, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
rmwthorne/rangr
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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