Ethan Sanchez

Designed and implemented a Neo4j graph database and companion web app from scratch to improve accessibility and efficiency of complex multi-relationship queries.

• Migrated existing relational data to a graph database to enhance query simplicity and usability.
• Developed an interactive web application using React and Next.js, enabling researchers to easily query, visualize, and extract data.
• Developed within an existing data portal, ensuring seamless user experience and interoperability with existing systems.
• Rapidly prototyped solutions in a self-directed environment with minimal supervision, demonstrating independence and problem-solving skills.

Developed Lifelike, a groundbreaking knowledge mining platform powered by AI and knowledge graphs.

• Deployed application infrastructure for multiple projects on Google Cloud and Azure, showcasing proficiency in cloud platforms.
• Utilized graph databases, including Neo4j and ArangoDB for data organization.
• Implemented text search capabilities using Elasticsearch and Kibana for unstructured data.
• Leveraged relational databases such as Postgres for structured data storage.
• Collaborated with a diverse and global team over 3 timezones, including engineers, biologists, and data analysts.

Contributed to Reconstruction, a web application designed to enable researchers to create and share metabolic models.

• Collaborated with a small team of early-career developers in a talent incubation initiative, gaining foundational experience in web application development and deployment.
• Developed and maintained a microservices architecture using Docker to containerize Angular/Nginx, Flask, and Postgres components for efficient and modular deployment.
• Implemented features in the Angular 2+ front-end framework, including user interface elements and dynamic data handling for the wizard functionality.
• Contributed to the back-end development with Flask-SQLAlchemy and Postgres, creating APIs to handle user data and manage metabolic model configurations.
• Deployed and managed the application on a small-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment, ensuring accessibility and reliability for testing and iteration.

• Implemented a prototype interactive text editor, demonstrating creativity and problem-solving abilities.
• Prototyped a web-based tool search system utilizing AngularJS and D3.js, showcasing front-end development skills.
• Performed user interviews to determine improvements to agency-wide systems.