# Nihal Pai

> Senior Software Engineer at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nihalpai

Developer & UI/UX designer, building software and data pipelines to support cutting-edge biological & medical research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer, Genomics Platform @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jan 2024 – Present | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Architecting and implementing cloud-based data pipelines for genomic research and clinical diagnostics  (Python · Google Cloud Platform · Terraform · PostgreSQL · Apache Airflow)
• Establishing  automated testing, CI/CD, and documentation best practices (Unittest/Pytest · GitHub Actions · GitHub Wiki)
• Writing, designing, and prioritizing engineering tasks for sprints (Jira)
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact products such as:
    • eMerge network: Co-developed NIH-funded polygenic risk reporting pipeline for 10 chronic conditions, contributing to Nature Magazine paper, delivering over 155000 test results to almost 25000 patients across 10 clinical sites
    • COVID-19 testing: Maintained high-throughput automation pipeline that processed over 33 million COVID-19 tests in under 2 years, handling 1 in every 20 tests nationwide during peak operations

### Software Engineer, Genomics Platform @ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States

### Associate Software Engineer @ Human Care Systems
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Developed scalable, reusable, and user-friendly frontend UI of flagship digital adherence platform within microservice architecture (Vue.JS · Nuxt.JS · Node.JS · Express · Moleculer)
• Implemented resilient, secure, and extensible API architectures (endpoints, server configurations, utility functions) that
create, read, process, and manipulate patient data used throughout platform (Node.JS · Express · Moleculer)
• Maintained and update database configurations to standardize user settings, interfaces, and communication cadences (MongoDB · NoSQLBooster)
• Built automated testing suites for deployed features (Jest)
• Contributed to planning/scoping sessions for and document technical aspects of feature development processes within Agile workflows (Jira · Confluence)

### UI/UX Designer @ Tellescope
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Contract role during startup accelerator program sponsored by United Healthcare & Techstars
• Designed UI mockups for:
    - Web & smartphone-based platforms
    - Data visualization dashboards
    - User onboarding widgets

### Data Science Intern @ BMW Group Asia
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Singapore
• Worked alongside regional & international engineering teams to develop an automated forecasting model (Numpy · Pandas · FBProphet · AWS Sagemaker)
• Built & deployed an interactive map-based data visualisation of key dealership branches & associated details for strategic teams (R · Leaflet)
• Contributed to a data visualiser for used-car analytics (Numpy · Pandas · Matplotlib)

### Software Engineering Intern @ Good Parents Inc/KiddoWear
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
• Developed dashboard for microservices-based web platform (HTML/CSS · JS · Python) to manage and visualise biometric and IoT device sensor data (Flask · MongoDB · D3.JS)
• Evaluated different signal processing models (linear regression, peak analysis, spectral Fourier analysis) for use in Kalman filter-based sensor fusion software
• Wrote comprehensive technical documentation to assist future developers during code-handoff

### UI/UX & Machine Learning Intern @ Smart Energy Water
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Irvine, California
Worked on UI/UX features of associated web and smartphone applications. Specifically:
• Conducted comprehensive UI/UX audits of existing applications in terms of usability, information flow, data visualisation and aesthetic quality
• Produced wireframes with suggested improvements, which were developed into thorough mockups created in Sketch & Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator with multiple ideations over different versions
• Identified trends in sample data using Python’s Scikit-learn library for linear regression
• Created custom iconography used in final products from scratch
• Designed several logo concepts for the company's Project & Rebate Management product 
• Presented work to company executives

### Platoon Sergeant & Rescue Instructor @ Singapore Civil Defence Force
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
Managed, led, and trained platoons of Singapore Civil Defense Force recruits as a Platoon Sergeant during my National Service obligation. My job scope comprised of conducting and/or supervising:
•	Physical Training
•	Rescue Training (theoretical & practical)
•	Discipline
•	Foot Drills (marching)

### Summer Analyst @ Arohi Asset Management
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
• Performed market research in mandated industry sub sector, prepared report and presented to key members of the Investment Team


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science
Tufts University

### Data Engineering for Analytics to Solve Business Challenges (CSCI E-103 in Graduate-Level)
Harvard Extension School

### Introductory Bioinformatics (BIOT E-104 in Graduate-Level)
Harvard Extension School

### Semester Abroad in Computer Science
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

### International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma
UWC South East Asia

### Berklee College of Music Summer Programs in Guitar Sessions
Berklee College of Music


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nihal-pai
- Portfolio: https://www.nihalpai.com/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31