Colin Yates
Software Engineer at Prima
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolColin Yates is a seasoned software engineer and technical leader with 11+ years of experience delivering robust, enterprise-grade systems across healthcare, consulting, and academia. He has deep expertise in architecture and Rust, and has led teams to boost product performance and reliability as Principal Software Engineer and Technical Team Leader at Nordic Healthcare Group. Colin’s background spans hands-on development, architecture consulting, and team building—from re-engineering university J2EE systems to defining best practices for large organisations. He combines technical excellence with people-focused leadership, mentoring engineers and embedding engineering standards into delivery. Based in Leicester, he brings a pragmatic, systems-minded approach that connects low-level craftsmanship with real-world impact.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Software Engineering, BSc (Hons), Software Engineering at Coventry University
Github Skills (200)
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api10
npm-registry10
bitbucket10
major-mode10
figwheel10
language-server-protocol10
openstack-swift10
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Programming languages (30)
Github contributions (5)
yatesco/oh-my-emacs
Mar 2017 - Sep 2024
Contributions:2 pushes in 7 years 7 months
boxnewbiesneovimdotemacsliterate
yatesco/colinyates.co.uk
Oct 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 59 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 6 months
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