# Aldrin Abastillas

> Software Engineer at Benchling

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aldrinabastillas

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Benchling
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Technical Lead @ MSCI Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States
Real Capital Analytics acquired by MSCI in August 2021
Tech lead on team of 4 engineers

### Engineering Lead @ MSCI Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States
Technical lead
Manager and Mentor to 5 engineers
Individual Contributor

Full Stack Engineer:
Backend - Node.js, C# / .NET, Python, GraphQL
Frontend - React, Angular (2+), Redux, HTML, Sass/CSS, Visual Basic
Stream Processing - Kafka, Avro, Kafka Connect
Database - SQL, ElasticSearch, MongoDB
DevOps - GitHub Actions, Docker, Rancher, Bamboo

### Senior Software Engineer @ MSCI Inc.
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area

### Software Engineer @ MSCI Inc.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York

### Associate Software Engineer @ MSCI Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019

### Technical Solutions Engineer @ Epic
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | Verona, Wisconsin
- Technical consultant on all outpatient applications to one of the top 10 largest nonprofit health systems in the nation
- Co-creator, Scrum team product owner, and full stack developer on a web app aggregating KPIs across Epic’s customer base
- Dev lead for business logic module and dev lead for all module's client code on a framework to build grading rubrics
- Mentored new employees through shadowing, pair programming, tutorials, and giving feedback on verbal and written communication

### Research Assistant @ University of Pennsylvania
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Wharton School Management Department: 
- Analyzed decisions of pharmaceutical and biotech companies in response to external forces in the marketplace
- Edited research papers and Excel code to analyze data from pharmaceutical databases

### Research Assistant @ University of Pennsylvania
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Philadelphia, PA
Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology: 
- First authored a research paper analyzing relationships between sleep disparities and environmental toxins 
- Evaluated subjects by administering and analyzing neuropsychological tests and processing lab/pathology tests

### Research Assistant @ University of Pennsylvania
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Physiology Research Laboratories:                                                                
- Designed and created mutant voltage-gated potassium channels 
- Analyzed events in biogenesis by using mutagenesis, Pulse-Chase assays, and DNA/protein gel electrophoresis

### Research Assistant @ University of Pennsylvania
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007
Biomedical Research Laboratories and Veteran's Affairs Medical Center:
- Researched diaphragm disuse atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy by preparing cryosections and images
- Analyzed microscopic image data by writing macros in Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Excel


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) in Major: Bioengineering, Minor: Nanotechnology
University of Pennsylvania

### Professional Capstone Certificate in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aldrinabastillas

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Last updated: 2026-04-01