Darren Corbett
Software Engineer at Bord Gáis Energy
Staines-upon-Thames, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDarren Corbett is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with a decade of experience building rich, interactive web applications across retail, energy, and fintech domains. He specializes in JavaScript—both modern frameworks and Vanilla JS—backed by Node.js on the server, and consistently applies SOLID principles, test-first thinking, and user-centered design. Darren has delivered production systems for major UK brands including Waitrose, Kingfisher and Centrica, and currently contributes to digital transformation at Bord Gáis Energy. Comfortable in both consulting and in-house roles, he often focuses on simplifying customer journeys and increasing test coverage to improve reliability. Based in Staines-upon-Thames with an HNC in Computing, he brings a practical blend of front-end finesse and pragmatic back-end engineering often overlooked in profile summaries: a knack for translating marketing and big-data requirements into maintainable, customer-focused features.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Ryde SchoolHNC Computing and Software Development, HNC Computing and Software Development, HNC Computing and Software Development, HNC Computing and Software Development at University of Chichester
English, c#, javascript
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Github Skills (100)
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apple-wallet10
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javascript9
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encoding9
rabbit9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
britishgas-engineering/react-test
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
React Native Test
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
react-nativetestingreactdetox
moogus/AsteriskConfiguration
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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