Heath Hopkins

Building web & mobile applications for clinical research

Software architect and application developer with 25 years of experience delivering web and mobile products. Since 2013 I've specialized in clinical research technology: cloud-native platforms, healthcare data warehouses, and workflow automation for regulated, high-stakes environments.

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What I Do

Twenty-five years of turning complex problems into working systems — from cloud infrastructure to pixel-perfect interfaces.

Web & Mobile App Development

Building modern web and mobile applications with TypeScript, React, and robust backend systems in C# and Node.js.

Cloud Architecture

Designing and implementing scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS and Azure with infrastructure as code.

Data Engineering

Building efficient data lakes and designing ETL pipelines, with specialized expertise in healthcare and genomics data processing.

Automation & Workflows

Designing and implementing intelligent bots and automated workflows that streamline operations, reduce manual overhead, and accelerate delivery.

Technical Leadership

Leading engineering projects and teams, mentoring developers, and driving technical strategy and architecture decisions.

AI & LLM Integration

Building AI into real products — LLM-powered agents, generative image pipelines, and AI-assisted workflows.

Technologies & Skills

The tools I reach for when building systems that scale.

TypeScript

React

Next.js

React Router / Remix

Tailwind CSS

shadcn/ui

Node.js

AWS

Vercel

Azure

Docker

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

MySQL

Prisma

Drizzle

GraphQL

Terraform

Pulumi

Experience Highlights

A few projects I'm particularly proud of.

Cut infrastructure costs 75% with an AWS migration

Moved a medical research center's entire data center to AWS — eliminating hardware constraints and unlocking effectively unlimited storage for rapidly growing medical and genomics data.

Unified healthcare data warehouse

Designed a warehouse that brings patient records, clinical trials, tissue samples, genomics, and medically-coded data into one analytical platform researchers can actually query.

Research administration, automated

Built a platform that tracks researcher performance and automatically discovers and catalogs grants, publications, patents, and memberships — replacing manual curation.

HIPAA-compliant help desk

Built a ticketing system that handles sensitive healthcare information securely without slowing the support team down.

Clinical trial mobile apps

Shipped iOS and Android apps for specific clinical trials and medical interventions, enabling real-time data collection and patient engagement.

Auburn University's first mobile app

Built Auburn's first official mobile app, bringing campus services to students' phones in the early days of the App Store.

Live campus transit map

Created an interactive campus map for Auburn University overlaying real-time bus locations — live transit tracking before it was a standard feature anywhere.

Let's Connect

I'm open to consulting engagements and interesting roles — whether that's building web and mobile apps, healthcare data platforms, or AI-powered features. The fastest way to reach me is LinkedIn.

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