Sateesh Peri is a pipeline engineer and bioinformatics specialist with 8+ years of experience building reproducible, cloud-native workflows and developer-focused tools at the intersection of computational biology and industry. As founder of Perimatrix IT Consultancy and a core member of nf-core, he combines hands-on Nextflow/Snakemake pipeline development, Terraform-driven AWS infrastructure, and developer advocacy to deliver validated solutions for clinical and public-health genomics. He has driven adoption of nf-core standards at the CDC and contributed modules to the widely used nf-core/modules repository, demonstrating an ability to translate research-grade analyses into robust, production-ready pipelines. Fluent in git, containerization, and workflow DSL2, he pairs formal training across three master’s degrees with practical experience in regulatory-compliant assay pipelines and community training. Notably, his background spans both academic machine-reading and large-scale public health workflows, giving him unique perspective on automating reproducible research at scale.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Master's degree, Molecular Biology, Master's degree, Molecular Biology at Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Master's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Master's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of Nevada, Reno
Repository to host tool-specific module files for the Nextflow DSL2 community!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:559 reviews, 23 commits, 211 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Sateesh contributed to the development of various modules within the nf-core/modules repository, focusing on bioinformatics tools. Their work involved implementing new modules, such as `assemblyscan` and `nucmer`, including the associated test cases and module integrations. They also made updates and refinements to existing modules, such as Picard tools, along with bug fixes and improvements, demonstrating expertise in Nextflow DSL2.
Contributions:143 commits, 6 PRs, 144 pushes in 2 months
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Sateesh Peri - Pipeline Engineer IS&T Consultant at nf-core