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Eriberto Lopez

Eriberto Lopez

Software Engineering Manager/Lead

Remote

949.701.8662

elopez75@gatech.edu

Languages/Frameworks

Python(Flask, FastAPI)JavaScriptTypeScript(NextJS, React, ReactHooks, MobX)Java(SpringBoot, JPA, Hibernate)

Infrastructure & Tools

GraphQLRESTTerraformOpenAPI/SwaggerAWS(IaaC, EKS, ECS, RDS)ArgoCD

Databases

MySQLPostgresRabbitMQ

Summary

Software professional with experience in building and managing technical teams, mentoring agile team cultures, and developing full-stack systems. A detail-oriented researcher skilled in generating data for patent proposals, publications, and grant manuscripts. Proven track record in coordinating and designing software solutions that empower stakeholders in biotech, pharma, and Dept. of Defense to command and control devices while ensuring secure proprietary data capture. Recognized for leadership, innovative problem solving, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Professional Experience

Software Engineering Manager/Lead

Strateos, Inc.

7/2022 – Present

Remote

Pioneered the industry's first robotic cloud lab. Enables users to plan experiments, command-and-control robotic execution, securely capture proprietary data, and visualize real-time execution history from remote or on-site devices.

  • Lead an internal team of 7 and third-party offshore development team as the tech lead for the workflows domain. Guide feature implementation to capture scientific intent and transform to machine-readable executable code.
  • Boosted team velocity by 38% through enhancements in average story points per developer, coupled with an 83% sprint completion rate over the last year. Use Jira & Slack APIs to automate processes and improve accountability.
  • Streamlined incident triaging processes, by improving team accountability for respective components. Resulted in a 113% increase in engineer volunteering rates.
  • Spearheaded and incorporated data-driven initiatives into quarterly roadmaps, significantly reducing tech debt and improving the user experience. Achieved a 53% reduction in workflow builder front-end total load time.
  • Optimized front-end React components by migrating to a MobX bi-directional stage-management approach.

Senior Software Engineer

Strateos, Inc.

12/2021 – 7/2022

Remote

Scaled Strateos' legacy scientific intent execution system from lambda functions to microservice architecture.

  • Spearheaded the development of a workflow execution system, offering scientists a platform to execute complex CWL workflows on shared infrastructure while safeguarding proprietary data.
  • Streamlined data ingestion pipelines for both web and robotic domains, reducing complexity and enhancing monitoring of raw data capture.
  • Contributor in filed patent for 'Systems and Methods For Processing Experimental Workflow at a Remote Laboratory'

Software Engineer III

Strateos, Inc.

8/2019 – 12/2021

Menlo Park, CA

Developed and maintained features and scientific intent schemas that are device agnostic and reproducibly executed.

  • Achieved 64x increase in cloud lab sample throughput by optimizing computer vision and robotic commands.
  • Developed Python statistical software to automate cluster identification of multidimensional data, significantly reducing the hands-on quality control validation time for operational teams by 50%.
  • Curator of open-source machine readable scientific intent schemas, autoprotocol.org & autoprotocol-py

Research Engineer II

University of Washington

7/2017 – 8/2019

Seattle, WA

Klavins Lab DARPA grant used to automate remote execution of the design, build, and test cycle for genetic systems.

  • Enabled Synergistic Discovery and Design DARPA stakeholders to remotely design, build, and test genetic CRISPR systems.
  • Developed a Python client to facilitate ETL processes, extracting and loading data from remote labs to Texas Advanced Computing Center's HPCs.
  • Integrated Klavins Lab scientific devices with web application (Ruby on Rails, Angular) and AWS cloud resources.
  • Co-authored algorithmic design of thousands of non-repetitive synthetic parts for genetic systems in microbes.

Publications

Automated design of thousands of non-repetitive parts for engineering stable genetic systems

Nature Biotechnology Journal - 7/2020

  • Used graph theory and state by state path generation to generate thousands of non-repetitive genetic part designs.
  • Characterized all promoters in a massively parallel RNASeq assay normalizing RNA fold expression by genomic copy number.

Aquarium: open-source laboratory software for design, execution, and data management

Synthetic Biology Journal - 1/2021

  • Collaborated on development of web application which integrates experimental design, inventory management, protocol execution, and data capture.
  • The containerized application allows scientists to scale up research, automate execution, and collaborate on biomedical and bioindustrial research.

Education

Master of Science – Computer Science

Georgia Tech University

12/2024

Atlanta, GA

  • Specialization in Computing Systems
  • Computer Networks, Intro to Information Security, Software Arch & Design
  • Advanced Internet Computing, Robotic AI Techniques, Machine Learning for Trading

Bachelor of Science – Biology and Minor – Philosophy

Gonzaga University

5/2013

Spokane, WA