Garrett Stevens
Research Software Engineer at University of California, Berkeley
Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGarrett Stevens is a research software engineer who blends full-stack web development with bioinformatics to build scalable tools for genomic data. Over eight years, he has driven open-source collaborations as a core developer of JBrowse 2 and technical lead for Apollo, a real-time genome annotation platform built on JBrowse 2, delivering front-end React interfaces and back-end Nest.js architecture for global teams. Based in Utah, he holds a BS in Physics from the University of Utah and an MS in Bioinformatics from Brandeis, reflecting a rigorous scientific foundation alongside software craftsmanship. His GitHub contributions focus on improving VCF parsing, UI reliability, and migrations to modern libraries, underscoring a knack for turning complex data formats into user-friendly experiences. Garrett excels at translating scientific requirements into robust, scalable web applications and plugin-driven architectures that scale across organizations and research groups. Outside of production code, he has helped shape open-source bioinformatics tooling used by researchers worldwide.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
The University of UtahMaster of Science (M.S.), Bioinformatics, Master of Science (M.S.), Bioinformatics at Brandeis University
English, Japanese
Github Skills (11)
bioinformatics10
javascript10
javascripts10
testing9
html5
react4
typescripts3
typescript33
typescript3
typescript-types3
typescript23
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
GMOD/jbrowse
Aug 2018 - Jul 2019
JBrowse 1, a full-featured genome browser built with JavaScript and HTML5. For JBrowse 2, see https://github.com/GMOD/jbrowse-components.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:81 commits, 11 PRs, 36 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Garrett primarily focused on improving the VCF (Variant Call Format) support within the JBrowse genome browser. Their contributions included implementing fixes and tests for VCF data, ensuring correct feature display and metadata handling. The user also refactored the code, migrating from `tribble-index` to `@gmod/tribble-index` and adapting the codebase to use the latest `vcf-js` library, thereby improving the tool's VCF parsing capabilities. They also enhanced the user interface to handle HTML escaping issues and provide a better user experience.
genomegenome-browserbrowsergenome-annotationprotein-annotation
garrettjstevens/bioinfo-intro-python
Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:20 commits in 7 months
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