Summary
Andy Gimblett is a Director and seasoned software engineer with 14 years of professional experience and over 20 years working across programming, sysadmin, research and teaching. He co-founded and serves as CTO/Director at Estima Scientific, and has a strong track record delivering Python/Django backend systems, microservices and DevOps improvements for public-sector and commercial projects. Known for raising code quality through testing, mentoring and process automation, he’s comfortable across the full stack including JavaScript, Docker, PostgreSQL and messaging systems. His academic background (PhD in Computer Science) and prior HCI and Haskell research give him a rigorous, formal approach to interface and system design that complements his hands-on engineering. Colleagues describe him as a practical teacher who turns complex legacy estates into maintainable, well-tested platforms.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Swansea University
BA (Joint Hons) Computing and Pure Mathematics, BA (Joint Hons) Computing and Pure Mathematics at University of Wales College of Cardiff