Sebastian Raubach
Senior Bioinformatics Research Software Engineer
Greater Dundee Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSebastian Raubach is a Bioinformatics Research Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building web, mobile and database tools for crop researchers and plant breeders at the James Hutton Institute. He specializes in end-to-end development—primarily Java, Android, JavaScript and MySQL—delivering data-driven applications and interactive visualisations (d3.js) that turn complex genetic resource datasets into usable decision tools. With an M.Sc. in Computer Science from RWTH Aachen (with distinction), he blends rigorous academic training with practical research software engineering, including algorithm evaluation and co-authored papers from his early career. Sebastian is known for maintaining state-of-the-art production systems while also instrumenting usage analytics to guide feature evolution. He thrives at the intersection of biology and software, translating breeder requirements into sustainable, user-focused apps. Based in the Greater Dundee area, he brings a researcher’s attention to reproducibility alongside a developer’s focus on scalable, maintainable code.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University
English, German, French
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Github Skills (200)
plotly-dash10
web-application10
charting10
microsoft-store10
vanilla-javascript10
charts10
stack10
photography10
gwt10
image-library10
service-worker10
eclipse-rcp10
data-visualization10
plotly10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
germinateplatform/germinate
Aug 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:7 releases, 129 commits, 93 pushes in 4 years 1 month
cropgeeks/gridscore-next-client
May 2023 - Jun 2026
GridScore is a phenotyping application that can be used to score trait data for plants or more generically any data about a subject for certain variables.
Contributions:21 releases, 3 PRs, 322 pushes in 3 years 2 months
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