Resume
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Resume
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Oliver Tucher
Software Engineer | Life Sciences
Education
Genetics & Genomics, B.S.
University of California, Davis
Skills
Languages
Python, Typescript, Golang, R, SQL, Spark, AWS CDK, Terraform
AI
Context Engineering, Multi-Agent Orchestration (LangGraph), Observability, Evaluation, Fine-Tuning
Platform
CI/CD, IaC, Serverless, Microservice Design, Async Eventing (CDC), Container Orchestration (k8)
Backend
API Design (OpenAPI), Concurrency, Distributed Compute (Spark)
Frontend
Next.js, Tailwind, Vite
Languages
English
Native
Spanish
Bilingual
German
Advanced
Interests
Surfing, Jazz Piano, Baking, Boxing
Profile
Full-stack engineer with 5+ years of experience shipping production code at the intersection of AI, genomics, and clinical health. Expert in building HIPAA-compliant systems that transform petabytes of genomic and clinical data into polished consumer products. Committed to engineering the safe & reliable infrastructure required to bring the power of AGI to healthcare.
Professional Experience
Helix
San Diego, CA
Software Engineer, Clinical Informatics
Jan 2022 – Present
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From prototype to production: designed, built, & deployed full-stack life-science product powering real-time data workflows critical to partner onboarding
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Design, author, and maintain multi-agent systems that guide researchers through nuanced bioinformatic workflows on distributed clusters
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Lead developer of org-wide agentic engineering platform featuring observability, evaluation, and state-of-the-art context engineering patterns
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Developed bioinformatics pipelines under IEC 62304 standards, ensuring clinical-grade reliability for petabyte-scale genomic analysis
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Passionate guide of org tech strategy: lead architecture reviews and software guilds
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Cultivate team culture: frequent organizer of team pizza nights, sailing days, and surf trips.
Retrotope, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA
Clinical Research Associate
Feb 2019 – Dec 2021
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Executed operations for Phase II/III pivotal trial for rare disease across 6 of the nations top health-systems ensuring regulatory compliance (FDA, HIPAA, ICH-GCP)
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Built automated full-stack analytics platform cutting study timeline by one month
UC Davis – Britt Lab
Davis, CA
Genetics Research Intern
Sep 2018 – Jun 2019
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Conducted genomics research: CRISPR/Cas9, next-generation sequencing (Illumina)
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Built foundation in experimental design, data analysis, and scientific methodology