Kent Shefchek
Sr Software Engineer II, Data
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKent Shefchek is a Bioinformatics Data Engineer with 12 years of experience building scientific software that integrates biomedicine and genomics. He specializes in knowledge graphs, machine learning, and expert-driven systems to help researchers explore and connect disparate datasets, contributing to projects like the Monarch Initiative, Phenomics First, and the Biomedical Data Translator. Based in Frederick, MD, he has progressed from bioinformatics analyst roles to senior engineering positions and now works at Helix, bringing both academic and industry perspectives. Kent pairs an MS in Biotechnology (bioinformatics) with hands-on data engineering practice, notably turning complex phenomic and translational data into accessible, queryable resources for discovery.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MS Biotechnology: Bioinformatics Specialization, MS Biotechnology: Bioinformatics Specialization at University of Maryland Global CampusThe University of Maryland, College Park
Github Skills (144)
parser10
web-application10
python10
ontology10
semantic-web10
swagger10
linkml10
data-ingestion10
specification10
owl10
ontologies10
semantic-similarity10
django10
neo4j10
api10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
monarch-initiative/pumpkin-py
Apr 2020 - Feb 2026
Semantic similarity in python with bitmaps
Contributions:10 PRs, 39 pushes, 11 branches in 5 years 10 months
bitmapspythonsemantic-similarity
monarch-initiative/hpo-plain-index
Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
Generates a solr index of plain language terms in the HPO and their grouping classes
Contributions:7 PRs, 20 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 2 months
indexofsolr
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