Eugene Shuster

Senior Software Engineer, Bioinformatics

Guardant Health

Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 10 months)

• Enabled automated lab workflow processing through Kafka message brokering and consumption, and data persistence that eliminated the need for human intervention to allow sequences of workflows to be run in scale.
• Responsible for creating and implementing math-based algorithms based on laboratory equations that calculated various characteristics of DNA like fluorescence and concentration.
• Using Python and Django, designed and managed a configurable notification service that utilized emails and Slack channels specified in yaml configuration files to send messages in response to configurable predetermined database events.
• Designed and created a programmatic system of preparing internal lab-based resources allowing lab op

Full Stack Software Engineer

CareLinx by Sharecare

Jan 2019

• Created a seamless end-to-end caretaker hiring flow by integrating with third-party APIs that improved payment processing and background checking.
• Corrected data corruption and management issues affecting PSQL databases and AWS server reliability by identifying and implementing improvements including data utilization and standardization, and external and internal API communication.
• Served as the engineering partner to product management in the assessment, re-design, and resolution of key UX flow processes that were causing revenue loss; redesigned backend logic and implemented Django backend and React frontend changes to resolve.
• Rapidly iterated the design, organization, and development of sitemaps, collaborating

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Full Stack Software Engineer, Internal Tools Project Lead

Jan 2018

• Took the lead and managed technical debt reduction efforts requiring the refactoring, optimization, and organization of backend .NET legacy code across multiple applications; work resulted in drastically reduced server workload through efficiency, memory management, MongoDB utilization and inter-service communication.
• Owned the internal re-tooling initiative including defining requirements through internal stakeholder interviews, building prioritization consensus, and development; efforts resulted in over 50% efficiency for daily QA activities.
• Improved internal platform frontend Angular functions to meet UI/UX requirements and improve performance related to load time and usability. Show less

Senior Software Engineer, Microservices and Security Project Lead

Sherpa Digital Media

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (2 years 1 month)

• Satisfied internal stakeholder and customer requirements through frequent meetings to discuss custom features and balanced those feature requests against the current goals of the company.
• Identified solutions for competing stakeholder preferences by defining scope, objectives, and timelines on a per-project basis.
• Designed, implemented, and managed all aspects of the platform’s custom token-based security system through dynamic access control to modulate restrictions based on client security preferences and network setup.
• Architected and managed the platform’s extensive network of .NET and NodeJS microservices by defining core requirements, security standards, and RESTful practices with scalability in mind.
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Recent Dev Bootcamp Graduate

Dev Bootcamp

Jan 2015

Dev Bootcamp is a 3 month, 1000-hour intensive web development accelerated training with emphasis on Ruby on Rails and Javascript/Query. - Spent over 1,000 hours either in lecture, solo or pair-programming, or participating in Dev Bootcamp cultural events like pair-programming and engineering empathy sessions. - Built web applications using RESTful routes and object-oriented design while testing using Test-driven Development alongside,RSpec and Jasmine. - Alongside 3 other students, created a web application called 2TR, which helps newer coders to receive live-video help from tutors on demand. Technologies learned: Git, Heroku, Ruby, Rails 4, ActiveRecord, Sinatra, Rspec Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, Jasmine, Handlebars, SQL, PostgreSQL. Show l

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Intern/Veterinary Assistant

University Veterinary Hospital

Feb 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year)

- Assisted the Vet-techs with their animal patients. - Shadowed the veterinarian while he was examining patients. - Maintained the facilities by cleaning and restocking.

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Certified Personal Trainer

UC Berkeley Recreational Sports Facility

Sep 2012 - Dec 2012 (4 months)

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Prep-Lab Assistant

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

Jul 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 2 months)

- Organized the Prep-Lab while checking for anything out of place. - Prepared many specimens to be used for future research by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. - Assisted various researchers in specimen examinations.

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Animal Caretaker

Eileen Lacey Lab, UC Berkeley

Feb 2012 - Aug 2012 (7 months)

- Cleaned and maintained tuco-tuco rodent systems and cages. - Provided fresh food and nourishment to all tuco-tucos. - Performed monthly health checks on adult and juvenile tuco-tucos by weighing, clipping nails, and checking for signs of various diseases.

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Primate Behavior Researcher

Danta, Association for Conservation of the Tropics

Jun 2011 - Jul 2011 (2 months)

- Was introduced and taught various behavioral sampling and population surveying techniques to effectively do research in outdoor environments - Completed a two week research project regarding howler monkey feeding habits in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica

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