Brendan Arnold
Creative Technologist
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBrendan Arnold is a creative technologist with 15 years’ experience blending software engineering, UX and physical computing to solve real-world problems across government, healthcare and commerce. Currently at Policy Lab UK he focuses on policy-method innovation and participatory tools (pol.is expert), bringing a practiced ability to translate stakeholder needs into working prototypes and production services. His background spans full-stack web and cloud platforms (NodeJS, Vue, Java Spring, GraphQL, Azure, Terraform) alongside embedded and animatronic projects that reveal a rare mix of rigorous engineering and hands-on craft. He has led teams delivering critical digital health services, redesigned major public-facing sites, and contributed to technology ethics discussions within enterprise settings. Trained as a physicist to PhD level, he combines academic rigor with a playful, experimental approach—whether building accessible government services or a life-size animatronic Pliosaurus.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
ERASMUS third year study program, Physics, ERASMUS third year study program, Physics at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)Course on growth of superconducting crystals, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Course on growth of superconducting crystals, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at ROCCAM Summer School, Brașov, TransilvaniaSummer school course on cryogenics and low temperature physics, Physics, Summer school course on cryogenics and low temperature physics, Physics at Cryocourse 2009 HelsinkiMaster of Science (MSc), Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Master of Science (MSc), Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at Trinity College, DublinBachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics at University of Bristol
French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (168)
visual-studio10
javascript10
editor10
sdk10
azure10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
azure-bot-service10
architecture9
microsoft-cognitive-services9
scale9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
brendanarnold/py-fortranformat
Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:8 reviews, 12 commits, 14 PRs in 6 months
simright/py-fortranformat-old
Feb 2011 - Feb 2022
A library to read and write according to Fortran FORMAT statements Compatible with Python 2.3 through to 3
Contributions:76 commits in 11 years 1 month
pythonpython-bindingsstatementsfortranpython-3-2
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