Christopher Baxter
Vice President, Software Development Engineering at Mastercard
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChristopher Baxter is a seasoned software engineering leader with 16 years' experience, currently serving as Vice President of Software Development Engineering at Mastercard in London. He combines deep hands-on expertise in payments technologies—PCI DSS, EMV and Linux—with strong PHP and Scrum practice to deliver secure, compliant systems at scale. Christopher pairs enterprise delivery experience with grassroots mentorship as a long-time CoderDojo Champion and Lead Mentor, helping cultivate the next generation of developers. His BSc in Computing and Design from The Open University underpins a pragmatic, design-minded approach to complex engineering challenges. Notable for bridging strict security/regulatory requirements with agile delivery, he excels at turning audit-heavy constraints into repeatable, developer-friendly processes.
16 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing and Design, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing and Design at The Open UniversityAdvanced Business Studies, Advanced Business Studies at Rutlish Six Form Collage
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Github Skills (41)
python10
mqtt10
asyncio10
iot10
automation10
privacy10
home-assistant10
raspberry-pi10
home-automation10
garden9
internet-of-things9
player9
media-player8
php8
bundle8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MadmanMonty/Home_Assistant_SkyQ_MediaPlayer
Nov 2019 - Feb 2022
Home Assistant SkyQ Media player component
Contributions:4 releases, 9 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 4 months
assistanthacshome-assistantmedia-playerskyq
4n0nD3v3l0p3r/Home_Assistant_SkyQ_MediaPlayer
Oct 2019 - Feb 2022
Home Assistant SkyQ Media player component
Contributions:35 commits, 9 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years 4 months
assistanthacshome-assistantmedia-playerskyq
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