Steven Weaver
Senior Programming Analyst at Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolSteven Weaver is a Senior Programming Analyst in Philadelphia with 15 years of experience building bioinformatics and scalable web systems that bridge research and production. He has led engineering efforts at Temple University and UCSD Medical Center, delivering tools for sequence analysis, interactive D3 visualizations, and mobile clinical-trial survey systems while managing large compute clusters and storage for NGS workflows. His background spans full-stack engineering, DevOps, and computational biology—evident in contributions to the Galaxy tools-iuc repo where he enhanced Python data managers for genome dbkey handling and FASTA processing. Comfortable translating domain science into reliable software, he introduced agile practices in research cores and has a track record of supporting high-traffic scientific platforms and real-time analysis applications. Steven holds advanced degrees in bioinformatics and a bachelor’s in computer engineering, blending deep technical rigor with practical infrastructure know-how.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at Temple UniversitySan Diego State University
javascript, python, c, haskell, ruby
Github Skills (4)
bioinformatics10
tooling10
python10
data-management10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
galaxyproject/tools-iuc
Nov 2016 - Sep 2022
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Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:41 commits, 6 PRs, 13 comments in 5 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Steven primarily contributed to the `tools-iuc` repository by adding and modifying data manager tools. The commits showcase changes to Python scripts used for fetching and processing data, specifically focusing on genome dbkey management and fasta file handling. This involved implementing features related to UCSC downloads and fasta sorting.
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veg/tools-iuc
Nov 2016 - May 2023
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Contributions:11 PRs, 41 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 7 months
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