Shea Garrison-kimmel
Senior Software Engineer at Medallion
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolShea Garrison-kimmel is a Senior Software Engineer in Los Angeles with a decade of experience applying software and data science to complex, open-ended problems. Trained as an astronomer with a PhD, Shea moved from cosmological simulations and postdoctoral research into industry roles where they translate large-scale data and simulation thinking into production systems and analytics. At Medallion they help automate credentialing and compliance for healthcare provider networks, drawing on prior data science work at Foursquare and Factual to build robust, scalable pipelines. Shea is known for independent technical analysis, clear communication of complex ideas, and mentoring engineers from diverse backgrounds—skills rooted in years of teaching and academic research. An analytical thinker who still leverages simulation-style approaches, they bridge scientific rigor and pragmatic engineering to deliver measurable product impact.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Astronomy and Astrophysics Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Astronomy and Astrophysics Physics at Haverford CollegeUniversity of California, Irvine
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Github Skills (18)
geophysics10
astronomy9
visualization9
astrophysics9
simulations9
scientific-visualization9
data-visualization8
oceanography8
finite-element-analysis8
scientific-computing8
python8
react5
jekyll5
hdfs1
java1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sheagk/sheagk.github.io
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
My academic website
Contributions:32 commits, 7 PRs, 33 pushes in 3 years 7 months
reactjekyll
sheagk/commute-times
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Contributions:18 commits, 9 pushes in 2 days
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