# Connor Skennerton > Software and data engineer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/connorskennerton I am a Data/Software Engineer currently working at Roblox . I received my PhD at UQ in the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics. Throughout my PhD I was at the interface of microbial ecology, chemical engineering, and computational biology and have gained many skills ranging from microscopy, reactor operation and computer programming. During my PhD, I developed many data analysis skills, including statistical inference, programming, and developing novel bioinformatics algorithms. I further honed these skills as a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech developing a SQL database to integrate diverse data sources while mentoring PhD students in bioinformatics. I transitioned to working in industry at Second Genome where I used my bioinformatics knowledge to implement scalable data analysis workflows in AWS. At Pendulum Therapeutics I was involved in all aspects of the software and data stack including full-stack development of internal web applications, ETL and ELT pipelines, data warehousing, third-party data integrations, deployment/devops on AWS, and reporting and analytics. I’m fluent in Python, however I have written software in diverse languages including Javascript, Typescript, Perl, R, Smalltalk, Java, and C++. As part of my duties I regularly collaborate with members of the scientific team and with non-technical members of the company to understand user requirements and build solutions for laboratory and manufacturing teams. I am passionate about analysis automation, efficient data processing, and believe strongly in version control, test-driven development, and literate programming techniques to ensure reproducibility. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Roblox Jan 2022 – Present ### Senior Staff Data Engineer @ Pendulum Therapeutics Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 ### Staff Data Engineer @ Pendulum Therapeutics Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ### Senior Data Engineer @ Pendulum Therapeutics Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Data Engineer @ Pendulum Therapeutics Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Bioinformatics Cloud Engineer @ Second Genome Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | South San Francisco ### Postdoctoral Fellow @ Caltech Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Greater Los Angeles Area My role was the senior bioinformatician for a microbial ecology research program lead by Victoria Orphan. ○ Developed SQL database containing millions of proteins integrating metagenomic, metatrascriptomic, and metaproteomic data generated by the lab. ○ Developed automated data analysis pipelines for microbiome community profiling and integrated meta’omics analysis, using R and python for accessing internal and publicly available data. ○ Managed collaborative projects with wet lab scientists and analysts from Caltech and other institutions. ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Microbial Ecology The University of Queensland Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 ### Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology The University of Queensland Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/connor-skennerton --- Source: https://flows.cv/connorskennerton JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/connorskennerton/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23