# Nathan M. > Scientific Software Developer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nathanm Full-stack software engineer with wide-ranging experience as a project manager, individual contributor, team lead, and mentor. Previous lives in academic research, IT customer support, and biochemical wet labs. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer @ Amyris Jan 2021 – Present Technical Product Manager for the fermentation software engineering team since Q4 2022. • Responsible for the long-term vision of internal applications supporting R&D scientists and operators. Key point of contact for stakeholders, driving requirements gathering and writing high-level project plans. • Experienced with translating customer requirements to actionable mockups, database schema design, backend ORM and API implementations with SQLAlchemy and Pyramid, and frontend React development. • Day-to-day management, mentorship, and collaboration with a team of 8 software developers. ### Software Engineer II @ Amyris Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Emeryville, California, United States Full-stack individual contributor and project lead for multiple high-impact software projects. • Designed, redesigned, implemented and deployed specialized user interfaces for a legacy, in-house LIMS system. • Provided responsive and friendly customer support for our applications to ensure minimal operational downtime and timely, complete data entry. ### Software Engineer I @ Lygos Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Python/Django developer creating custom web solutions for scientist workflows. • Developed web apps for scientists, focused on reducing their time spent on design within the DBTL cycle. Streamlined existing ad-hoc pipelines and databases, replacing manual entry into spreadsheets and sanitizing data for future machine learning work. • Assisted in programming lab automation pipelines, mentoring research assistants and technicians to understand specifications and ensure efficient operation of liquid handling robots. • Directly involved in protein engineering projects, designing mutation libraries and running protein stability simulations. ### Graduate Student Researcher @ University of California San Diego Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | La Jolla, CA Advisor: Dr. Bernhard Palsson, Systems Biology Research Group • Developed the Python package ssbio (github.com/SBRG/ssbio) for the annotation and use of genome-scale metabolic models with high quality protein structure information. • Integrated detailed protein-level computational chemistry tools with systems-level metabolic modelling approaches. • Mentored a team of 6 undergraduate students to develop a platform for the whole-cell visualization of E. coli. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of California San Diego Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | La Jolla, CA • MED263 - Bioinformatics Applications to Human Disease (Winter 2015) • BNFO285 - Statistical Learning in Bioinformatics (Winter 2014) • BENG212 - Systems Biology and Bioengineering II: Network Reconstruction & Functional States (Guest Lecturer Winter 2016, 2017, 2018) ### Residential Network Consultant @ UC Irvine Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Irvine, CA Provided friendly helpdesk support (in person and phone support) for computer networking and cable television issues to 5000+ university staff and students. • Diagnosed networking equipment in residential halls and apartment complexes. Assisted in installing replacement switches and replacement wiring at communication closets and end-user ports. • Involved in the hiring, training and management of new student employees. ### Undergraduate Student Researcher - Tsai Lab @ UC Irvine Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Irvine, CA Learned and applied protein expression, purification, and crystallization techniques to aid in the structural determination of various polyketide synthase (PKS) enzymes. • Designed primers for PCR site-directed mutagenesis to assist in a study to biochemically characterize protein-protein interactions in PKS subunits. • Conducted basic laboratory tasks such as glassware washing, media and buffer preparation, and training new undergraduates. • Presented research findings at various on-campus research symposiums. ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology UC San Diego ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UC Irvine ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nathan-mih - Portfolio: https://nmih.github.io --- Source: https://flows.cv/nathanm JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nathanm/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-29