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Jim Hester

Software Engineer

Netflix

I am a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix where I build infrastructure and support the R community at Netflix.

Prior to Netflix I worked as a Software Engineer at RStudio, where I worked on Hadley Wickham’s team developing open source R packages for the tidyverse and r-lib projects.

I use my knowledge of R, C++ and other languages to build useful, correct, and performant R packages.

My background is originally in bioinformatics and heathcare data science, I worked in the Genomic Medicine Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, Explorys Inc., and on the Bioconductor core team prior to more pure software engineering roles at RStudio and Netflix.

Interests

  • Programming
  • Data science / statistics
  • Data visualization
  • The NBA
  • Parenting