Sean Upchurch
Software Developer at California Institute of Technology
Altadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Upchurch is a software developer with 11 years of experience blending scientific research and production-grade engineering, currently building Python tools for genomics at Caltech. He has a cross-disciplinary background spanning biochemistry, molecular simulation, 3D visualization and large-scale data analysis, having contributed to n-body cosmological visualizations and animation used in "Welcome to Outer Space." At Caltech he led major performance and memory improvements to genomics pipelines (7x–27x gains) and coordinated the GA4GH RNAseq task team, demonstrating both domain expertise and impact at scale. His earlier work at JPL and startups includes instrument data analysis, rover visualization, and international mobile web/billing integrations, showing comfort across embedded, scientific and web stacks. Sean pairs hands-on C/C++ and Python engineering with experience in Unix systems and OpenGL-based visualization, and he brings lab bench skills in molecular biology that help bridge wet-lab needs and computational solutions. Based in Altadena, he combines academic rigor (Caltech BS, MS) with practical product delivery and a knack for turning complex scientific problems into efficient, testable software.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, MBA, MBA, MBA at Keller Graduate School of ManagementCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMS, Biological Sciences, MS, Biological Sciences at Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences
Github Skills (25)
data-retrieval10
rna-seq10
bioinformatics10
retrieval9
api9
reference-implementation8
testing7
golang5
compliance5
bam5
sequencing4
genomics4
fasta4
file-processing4
throughput3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
saupchurch/schema
Apr 2018 - Apr 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 164 pushes, 76 branches in 5 years 1 month
saupchurch/bioinformatics-tools
Mar 2019 - May 2023
collection of bioinformatics tools for accessing and working with genomic data
Contributions:18 pushes, 3 branches, 2 comments in 4 years 2 months
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