Tylar Murray
Research Systems & Software Engineer at University of South Florida
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolTylar Murray is a Research Systems & Software Engineer with 13 years’ experience bridging data science, HCI, and scientific software engineering from a research-heavy background. Based at University of South Florida, he builds automated pipelines, databases, and frontends for oceanographic satellite data while administering dozens of servers and workstations—combining hands-on sysadmin skills with reproducible research workflows. A PhD-trained UX-minded developer and compulsive overengineer, he mixes pragmatic tooling (Python, JS, MATLAB, containers) with attention to QA and test automation, as evidenced by contributions improving test suites in open-source projects like coffeelint. He mentors students and researchers, translating complex scientific requirements into usable visualizations and production-ready systems. Notably, his profile blends deep academic rigor with practical infrastructure ownership, making him equally comfortable writing papers or rebuilding a failed server.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering at University of South FloridaNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyBS Physics, BS Physics at McMurry UniversityArtesia HighGlynn Academy (High School)
English
Stackoverflow
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47answers
24questions
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Github Skills (17)
coffeescript10
testing10
test-automation10
pytest9
python9
virtualenv9
airflow9
influxdb6
trigger6
sql6
nose6
grafana6
celery-task6
java6
exceptions6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
clutchski/coffeelint
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Lint your CoffeeScript.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 5 days
Contributions summary:Tylar primarily focused on improving the quality of the codebase. They fixed a test failure, updated test files, and made adjustments to error messages to enhance clarity. Further contributions included modifying the description of a rule to ensure it remained within length constraints and removing trailing whitespace, suggesting attention to detail. Their work centered on refining existing tests and contributing to the maintainability of the project.
linterlinteslint
7yl4r/interventionViz
Mar 2015 - Sep 2016
Contributions:96 commits, 64 pushes, 4 comments in 1 year 6 months
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