Tahsin Rahit
Postdoctoral Associate
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolTahsin Rahit is a multidisciplinary researcher-engineer with 12 years of experience bridging software development and biomedical research, currently a Postdoctoral Associate at the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute in Calgary. He blends backend engineering skills—API design, DICOM metadata retrieval and full-stack web platforms—with academic expertise from a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and teaching roles in AI and OMICS in health. His career spans software engineering, project leadership and R&D across industry and academia, from building Python/Django platforms to managing international web projects and DevOps pipelines. Tahsin has contributed to open-source efforts such as the ALCF Concept-to-Clinic challenge, focusing on data retrieval and backend APIs that support medical imaging workflows. Comfortable leading teams and courses alike, he applies pragmatic engineering to reproducible biomedical analyses and clinical data systems. A not-obvious strength is his sustained track record of switching contexts—from managing projects and teaching to hands-on backend development—enabling rapid translation of research prototypes into production-ready tools.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Intelligent System, 3.90, Master’s Degree, Intelligent System, 3.90 at American International University-BangladeshSecondery School Certificate, Science, 5.00, Secondery School Certificate, Science, 5.00 at B.A.F. Shaheen CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of CalgaryHigh School, Science, 4.60, High School, Science, 4.60 at Notre Dame College, Dhaka
English, Bengali
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Github Skills (21)
api-rest10
python10
apidoc10
api-design10
restful-api10
django10
api10
rest-api10
backend10
json9
dicom9
sonata6
php6
symfony6
scikit-learn6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
drivendataorg/concept-to-clinic
Aug 2017 - Nov 2017
ALCF Concept to Clinic Challenge
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 19 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Tahsin primarily contributed to the backend of the project, focusing on API development and data retrieval. They implemented new API endpoints for directory listing and DICOM metadata retrieval. Additionally, the user made changes to existing API endpoints, fixed typos, and modified URL configurations.
clinic
MTG-Lab/gpad
Sep 2022 - Mar 2024
Genotype-Phenotype Association Discovery: An ML tool to search and visualize Mendelian disease gene discovery information & trend.
Contributions:1 PR, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
associationinformation-discoveryvisualizegenotypemachine-learning
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