Angus Burroughs
Senior Data Engineer
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolAngus Burroughs is a Senior Data Engineer based in Porto with eight years of hands-on experience building data-driven systems across fintech and communications startups. He progressed from junior software roles to senior data engineering at Planet, bringing a pragmatic engineer’s mindset shaped by early full-stack and hardware exposure. Known for enjoying the small wins in bug fixes ("fix bugs -> get dopamine"), he combines attention to detail with production-grade data pipelines and pragmatic problem solving. Trained at WeThinkCode_/Ecole 42, Angus blends unconventional, project-focused education with real-world delivery at companies like Teya and Clickatell, making him effective at translating ambiguous requirements into reliable, scalable data solutions.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at WeThinkCode_ (Ecole 42)National Senior Certifcate, National Senior Certifcate at Natural Learning Academy
English, Afrikaans, Portuguese
Github Skills (26)
mysql9
dashboard9
visualization9
monitoring9
analytics9
exporter9
visualize9
grafana9
prometheus9
data-visualization9
elasticsearch9
influxdb8
go8
composable8
business-intelligence8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
angusburroughs/dotfiles
Jun 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
angusburroughs/a-blockchain-in-go
Nov 2022 - Dec 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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