Sam Rich
Senior Software Developer at Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Rich is a Senior Software Developer with 11 years of experience building responsive, maintainable web applications and complex scientific UIs. Based in Old Toronto, he combines front-end craftsmanship (React, Next.js, TypeScript, Emotion, HTML/CSS, Sass) with backend Node API work to bridge data platforms like Elasticsearch into usable interfaces for scientists. At the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research he rewrote core UI components, designed visualization integrations, and mentors teammates while owning technical debt and documentation. Previously he shipped production features and localization work for Figure 1 and led a WCAG-compliant responsive redesign for Grand & Toy, showing a strong blend of product-minded engineering and accessibility practice. He’s actively learning the MERN stack and brings a practical habit of turning research and scope documents into deliverable, well-documented code.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario College Diploma (Honours), Multimedia Design and Production Technician, Ontario College Diploma (Honours), Multimedia Design and Production Technician at Humber College
French, English
Github Skills (81)
uikit10
relay10
gdc10
typescript10
portal10
recompose10
redux10
graphql10
react10
markdown9
storybook9
genomics9
frontend9
location8
elasticsearch-plugin8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
OHCRN/platform
Aug 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:536 reviews, 235 PRs, 1330 pushes in 1 year 1 month
overture-stack/website
Sep 2020 - May 2024
Overture.bio website, based on Gatsby static site generator
Contributions:89 reviews, 99 PRs, 366 pushes in 3 years 8 months
gatsbygenomic-data-sciencestatic-sitegenomicssite-generator
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