Ben Secretan
Lead Data Engineer
Derbyshire Dales, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Secretan is a Lead Data Engineer with 12 years of experience blending software engineering, DevOps, and data-driven systems in healthcare and energy sectors. He has strong Python, Linux and embedded C skills, and a track record of moving from hands-on development to leading data engineering at Grid Edge after prior senior DevOps and Python roles. Ben’s academic background (First-class Master’s in General Engineering) and research on modelling complex systems inform a pragmatic approach to architecting reliable, test-covered solutions. He champions rigorous engineering practices—100% test coverage, peer review and clear documentation—while shipping production systems that bridge embedded, backend and cloud concerns. Based in the Derbyshire Dales, he combines deep technical chops with experience teaching and mentoring, which helps him translate complex requirements into actionable designs.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Cheadle Hulme SchoolMaster’s Degree, General Engineering, First, Master’s Degree, General Engineering, First at University of Leicester
English, French, German
Github Skills (90)
python10
mqtt9
home-automation9
to-do9
home-assistant9
privacy9
raspberry-pi9
iot9
mupdf8
pandas8
automation8
docker-container8
oauth8
pdf8
asyncio8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
benjsec/pypdfocr
Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:16 commits, 15 PRs, 90 pushes in 4 months
pythonpdfto-doocrpython-script
benjsec/AdventOfCode
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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