About

I turn complex data and research ideas into useful software.

I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Baylor College of Medicine, working across applied AI and machine learning, clinical NLP, LLM systems, data engineering, and full-stack development.

Most of my work involves taking an idea from early research to a dependable application: preparing clinical data, developing and evaluating models, designing databases and pipelines, building web interfaces, and deploying the resulting system.

My background is in computer science research. During my Ph.D. at New Mexico State University, I studied indexing and query processing for high-dimensional similarity search. That experience continues to shape how I approach engineering problems: understand the data, measure the trade-offs, and build for practical use.

Current focus

Clinical NLP & LLMs

Developing and evaluating language-model systems for clinical information extraction, classification, de-identification, and research workflows.

Research Software

Turning research ideas and prototypes into maintainable tools that can be used by investigators and clinical teams.

Data Systems

Designing databases, ETL pipelines, cohort-building workflows, and applications for complex healthcare data.

Full-Stack Engineering

Building web platforms and interfaces that connect models, data, and users in practical end-to-end systems.

Background

2024–Present
Senior Software Engineer
Baylor College of Medicine
Building clinical AI, data, and web systems for healthcare research.
2018–2023
Ph.D. in Computer Science
New Mexico State University
Researched efficient and accurate index structures for similarity search in high-dimensional spaces.

Omid Jafari hiking at the Grand Canyon. — Grand Canyon National Park
Outside of work, I enjoy hiking, exploring national parks, and following space and astronomy (interests that also shaped the visual design of this site).