Vivek Rai
Mountain View, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVivek Rai is a computational biologist-software engineer with 12 years of experience building tools that bridge high-throughput biology and reproducible software engineering. Based in Mountain View, he focuses on integrative ’omics and gene-regulatory problems related to disease, metabolic health, and longevity, bringing method development and practical pipeline engineering to complex datasets. He contributes to prominent open-source bioinformatics infrastructure—maintaining conda recipes in the widely used bioconda channel—and has deep familiarity with dependency management and cross-environment builds. Comfortable at the interface of research and production, Vivek pairs rigorous biology-driven goals with hands-on DevOps and packaging skills, and outside the lab he co-managed the Michigan Argentine Tango Club, reflecting a collaborative, community-minded approach.
12 years of coding experience
University of Michigan
Bengali, Hindi, English
Github Skills (14)
bash10
conda10
package-management10
buildr9
bioinformatics9
build-tools9
build-engine9
automation8
automations8
yaml8
linux7
dockers5
docker5
rust4
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
bioconda/bioconda-recipes
Feb 2016 - May 2022
Conda recipes for the bioconda channel.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Package Maintainer
DevOps Engineer & Package MaintainerContributions:86 reviews, 28 commits, 79 PRs in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Vivek primarily contributed to the bioconda-recipes repository by updating and adding recipes for bioinformatics software packages. Their work involved modifying build scripts (build.sh files) to correctly configure, compile, and install various tools such as fGWAS, IGV, Hail, QoRTs, and vartrix. The contributions also included updating metadata files (meta.yaml) and managing dependencies, demonstrating a strong understanding of package management and build processes within the conda ecosystem. The user's commits show involvement in adapting the builds to different environments, and removing the use of Python 3.8 in some instances.
recipescondabiocondabioinformaticspackage-management
hargup/WIGI-website
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:70 commits, 49 PRs, 35 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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