Alex Taylor
Software Engineer at Starling Bank
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Taylor is a software engineer with 10 years' experience building backend and cloud-native services, currently working on Public APIs at Starling Bank. He specializes in Java, Python and AWS and is focused on designing and operating large-scale distributed systems and microservices. Prior roles at the BBC saw him deliver audio/video platform services from design through deployment, and earlier international roles in Japan honed his stakeholder management and cross-cultural communication. He holds a Distinction MSc in Computer Science and a BA in Japanese Studies from Oxford, reflecting a blend of technical depth and language/cultural expertise. Comfortable managing small teams and technical projects, he brings diplomatic experience to engineering problems, which helps when coordinating across product, legal and external partners. Based in London, he combines production-grade backend skills with an uncommon background in consular and international relations that informs pragmatic, user-focused system design.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Japanese Studies, 2.1 with distinction in spoken Japanese, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Japanese Studies, 2.1 with distinction in spoken Japanese at University of OxfordJapanese language programme (1 year), Japanese language programme (1 year) at Waseda UniversityJapanese language programme (4 months), Japanese language programme (4 months) at Kwansei Gakuin UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science, Distinction, Master's degree, Computer Science, Distinction at Birkbeck, University of London
Japanese, English
Github Skills (64)
command-line10
rust10
syntax-highlighting10
cli10
async9
vote9
sendmail9
git9
http9
quic9
gitlab9
mailer9
web-development8
sqlite8
designer8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
alexander-jackson/fisherman
Dec 2020 - Apr 2023
Handles GitHub webhooks for Continuous Delivery
Contributions:1 review, 31 PRs, 77 pushes in 2 years 3 months
continuous-delivery
Sybl-ml/pythia
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
Pythia is a Discord bot used for Project Management
Contributions:1 review, 57 PRs, 57 pushes in 1 year 5 months
discord-botbotdiscordrust
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