Sebastian Raubach
Bioinformatics Research Software Engineer
Greater Dundee Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSebastian Raubach is a Bioinformatics Research Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building web, mobile and database tools for crop researchers and plant breeders at the James Hutton Institute. He specializes in end-to-end development—primarily Java, Android, JavaScript and MySQL—delivering data-driven applications and interactive visualisations (d3.js) that turn complex genetic resource datasets into usable decision tools. With an M.Sc. in Computer Science from RWTH Aachen (with distinction), he blends rigorous academic training with practical research software engineering, including algorithm evaluation and co-authored papers from his early career. Sebastian is known for maintaining state-of-the-art production systems while also instrumenting usage analytics to guide feature evolution. He thrives at the intersection of biology and software, translating breeder requirements into sustainable, user-focused apps. Based in the Greater Dundee area, he brings a researcher’s attention to reproducibility alongside a developer’s focus on scalable, maintainable code.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Excellent (with distinction), Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Excellent (with distinction) at RWTH Aachen
English, German, French
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Github Skills (200)
genetic10
gwt10
service-worker10
wai10
fancybox10
regl10
visualization10
plotly-dash10
charting10
image-library10
eclipse-rcp10
layout10
lightbox10
vanilla-javascript10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
germinateplatform/germinate-vue
Aug 2019 - Feb 2023
Germinate is an open source plant database infrastructure and application programming platform on which complex data from genetic resource collections can be stored, queried and visualized.
Contributions:49 releases, 461 commits, 8 PRs in 3 years 6 months
storedinfrastructure-databasevuejsgeneticsgenetic
germinateplatform/germinate-server
Aug 2019 - Feb 2023
The generic plant genetic resources database
Contributions:46 releases, 426 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 6 months
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