Andy Stretton
Staff Software Engineer at Elemica
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAndy Stretton is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building full-stack Python web services and integrating modern JavaScript front-ends, backed by a strong foundation in Java and large-scale database administration. He has a scientific MPhil in Chemistry and brings a highly numerate, analytical approach to software design, having built data-intensive systems and search/indexing solutions across startups and research environments. At Elemica he mentors teams, drives strategic initiatives like SSO, document extraction and sustainability products, and is actively upskilling data teams in Terraform and AWS. His background includes architecting social media analytics platforms, managing 200M+ record databases, and developing production ML/data workflows as a chief data scientist. Known for coaching scientists, analysts and junior developers, he blends hands-on delivery with a passion for improving coding practices informed by formal software carpentry training.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MPhil, Chemistry, MPhil, Chemistry at The University of EdinburghMChem, Chemistry, MChem, Chemistry at Durham University
English, French, German
Github Skills (151)
dynamic-forms10
python10
forge10
distributed-computing10
webp10
heic10
graphicsmagick10
cheminformatics10
pdfium10
low-memory10
rdkit10
jpeg10
openexr10
tiff10
pdf10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thesgc/cbh_chembl_model_extension
Jan 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 112 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
thesgc/ng-chem
Jan 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 457 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
typescriptangularjsangular
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