Brydon Leonard
Senior Software Engineer at Databricks
Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolBrydon Leonard is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building scalable systems across cloud platforms, recently joining Databricks after four years of progressive engineering roles at Amazon Web Services. He combines hands-on backend and distributed-systems expertise with a passion for mentoring—having helped peers grow through technical coaching and knowledge-sharing. Brydon holds advanced computer science degrees from Nelson Mandela University, reflecting a strong academic foundation paired with practical startup experience as a co-founder and lead developer. Based in Gqeberha and connected to the Netherlands, he thrives on tackling tough problems and learning new technologies, bringing both entrepreneurial grit and large-scale production experience to complex engineering challenges.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Computer Science and Information Systems, MSc Computer Science and Information Systems at Nelson Mandela UniversityHigh School, High School at Grey High School
English, Afrikaans, Dutch
Github Skills (11)
maven9
java8
ffmpeg7
javacv7
computer-vision7
opencv6
multimedia5
javascript1
meteor1
routes1
nodejs1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BrydonLeonard/motivatr
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:54 commits, 29 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 months
BrydonLeonard/brydonleonard.github.io
Apr 2022 - Aug 2024
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 4 months
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