Andrew Lock
Senior Software Engineer at Datadog
Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndrew Lock is a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building web and full-stack systems, currently driving backend work at Datadog from Plymouth, England. He is the author of "ASP.NET Core in Action" and brings deep expertise in C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server and modern front-end patterns including Blazor, having contributed practical sample apps and tooling on GitHub. His open-source work includes a Roslyn-powered generator for strongly-typed IDs that improves serialization flexibility and multi-type backing support, showing a knack for developer ergonomics and build automation. Andrew’s background blends academic rigor—a PhD in digital watermarking and top distinctions—with hands-on product delivery across startups and retail platforms. Colleagues rely on him for thoughtful architecture, pragmatic migrations of legacy systems, and cleanly bridging server-side and client-side concerns.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Medical Physics Computing, Distinction, Griffiths Prize, Best Postgraduate Masters Student Prize, Master’s Degree, Medical Physics Computing, Distinction, Griffiths Prize, Best Postgraduate Masters Student Prize at University of AberdeenMaster’s Degree, Engineering, First class, Distinction,, Master’s Degree, Engineering, First class, Distinction, at University of CambridgeA-Levels, A Grades in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Biology, A-Levels, A Grades in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Biology at Wyedean School 6th form, Gloucestershire
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Github Skills (26)
code-generator10
razor-pages10
roslyn10
net10
dotnet10
codegen10
blazor10
asp-net10
code-generation10
dotnet-core10
webassembly10
csharp10
blazor-server10
user-interface9
apidoc9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
andrewlock/StronglyTypedId
May 2019 - Jan 2023
A Rosyln-powered generator for strongly-typed IDs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 reviews, 116 commits, 61 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on enhancing the code generation process for strongly-typed IDs within the repository. Their contributions involved making the `JsonConverter` optional, adding support for multiple backing value types (guid, string, int, and long), and implementing support for various serialization/deserialization functionalities. They also worked on updating and improving the project's build configuration and build process.
strongly-typed
andrewlock/blog-examples
May 2016 - Nov 2022
Sample applications for blog posts on https://andrewlock.net
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 263 commits, 102 PRs in 6 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily worked on implementing and integrating Blazor WebAssembly and related Razor components into an existing system. The commits reflect building upon existing authentication, along with implementing Razor pages and related APIs. Their work included developing a user interface and connecting the UI to retrieve and display information, demonstrating a focus on the full stack.
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