Awen Saunders
Software Engineer at Jozian
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAwen Saunders is a software engineer based in Birmingham with 10 years’ experience delivering pragmatic, mission-driven systems for humanitarian and NGO partners. He specialises in backend work—particularly Python/Django—and has deployed national case management systems for child protection and GBV, plus multichannel RapidPro-based messaging services that reach refugee communities. Comfortable managing in-country deployments and migrations, he pairs hands-on coding with operational coordination for clients like UNICEF, IRC and WFP. Awen contributes to open-source RapidPro (adding Discord channel support), showing a knack for integrating real-world communication channels into scalable platforms. His background in university teaching and research reflects strong communication skills and a focus on building usable, well-supported software for complex social problems.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, First Class Honours at Royal Holloway, University of London
Github Skills (11)
back-end-development10
python10
discord-js10
discord10
django10
contactform9
apidoc9
api9
manage9
contact-list9
unit-testing8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
rapidpro/rapidpro
Jul 2020 - Mar 2021
RapidPro allows organizations to visually build scalable interactive messaging applications.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 18 commits, 1 PR in 7 months
Contributions summary:Awen primarily contributed to adding a new Discord channel type to the RapidPro platform. This involved modifying the existing contact models, views, and channel type definitions to integrate Discord functionality. The changes include implementing URN validation and login checks for Discord bot tokens, alongside adding the necessary configuration and views to facilitate Discord channel integration. Additionally, the user incorporated the Discord logo into the icon font.
scalableorganizationsrapidpromessaging
Jozian/courier
Aug 2020 - Jan 2025
A fast, GoLang message receiver and sender for SMS and IP channels
Contributions:2 PRs, 28 pushes, 10 branches in 4 years 6 months
golangsmssenderreceiverchannels
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