Daniel Wilkins
Staff Software Engineer In Test at Matterport
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDaniel Wilkins is a Staff Software Engineer in Test with a decade of experience blending full-stack engineering and computational biology, currently driving quality and test infrastructure at Matterport. He brings strong Python and JavaScript chops across React, Flask, and PostgreSQL, with a background deploying bioinformatics pipelines and scalable AWS solutions for next-generation sequencing analysis. A biology BS from Emory and formalized software training at App Academy give him a rare mix of domain science and production engineering discipline. Early leadership in FIRST robotics sparked a longstanding interest in emergent behaviors and team-driven solutions, which informs his approach to test automation and system design. Outside work he channels his analytical instincts into tabletop and economy games, reflecting a habit of modeling complex systems for fun and insight. He is motivated to apply his interdisciplinary experience to improve reliability, observability, and developer velocity in distributed product environments.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Sophomore, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Sophomore at Emory UniversityFull-Stack Software Development, Full-Stack Software Development at App Academy
Github Skills (11)
ncbi7
bam6
fasta5
bioinformatics4
sequence-alignment4
character-sheet3
quora3
ruby2
javascript2
consensus1
full-stack1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
djwilki/BookOfAncientSecrets
Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:30 PRs, 43 pushes, 15 branches in 5 months
djwilki/EatUp
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Mockup of Meetup
Contributions:17 PRs, 22 pushes, 7 branches in 1 month
mockup
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