Brydon Leonard
Senior Software Engineer at Databricks
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolBrydon Leonard is a seasoned software engineer with a decade of experience designing, building, and operating web-scale distributed systems in Java, Kotlin, and Ruby. He is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Databricks, driving scalable data and analytics solutions since 2024 and collaborating with cross-functional teams. His previous tenure at AWS saw a progression from SDE I to Senior SDE, delivering reliable backend systems at cloud scale across multiple services. He holds an MSc in Computer Science and Information Systems and a BSc with Honours in Computer Science from Nelson Mandela University, underscoring a strong academic foundation for production-grade software. Based in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, he combines hands-on coding excellence with a passion for learning and helping others grow, bringing a practical, reliability-first approach to complex engineering challenges.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityMSc Computer Science and Information Systems, MSc Computer Science and Information Systems at Nelson Mandela UniversityHigh School, 12, High School, 12 at Grey High School
English, Afrikaans, Dutch
Github Skills (12)
maven9
java8
opengl37
ffmpeg7
computer-vision7
javacv7
opencv6
multimedia5
javascript1
routes1
meteor1
nodejs1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BrydonLeonard/motivatr
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:54 commits, 29 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 months
BrydonLeonard/brydonleonard.github.io
Apr 2022 - Aug 2024
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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