Denis Kent
Sr. Software Engineer at Snyk
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDenis Kent is a senior software engineer based in London with four years of professional engineering experience and a background in biochemistry from the University of Oxford. He progressed from analytics roles into full-stack development and engineering management at Heka before taking on a senior engineering role at Snyk, demonstrating both hands-on coding and team leadership. His career path reflects an analytical, research-driven mindset—rooted in protein structure and cancer research—that he applies to building reliable software and shaping engineering teams. Comfortable across the stack, Denis bridges data-oriented problem solving with product delivery and has experience translating scientific rigor into practical engineering practices. Though relatively early in his software career, his move from domain science into senior engineering suggests strong adaptability and a habit of learning complex systems quickly.
4 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Biochemistry (MBiochem), Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Master of Biochemistry (MBiochem), Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at University of Oxford
English, Turkish
Github Skills (36)
snyk10
ide-plugin10
monitors10
sarif9
monitor9
broker9
security9
vulnerabilities8
supply-chain-security8
variants8
gitbook7
static-analysis7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
software-composition-analysis7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
denis-snyk/snyk-goof
Feb 2022 - Feb 2024
Contributions:61 PRs, 63 pushes, 66 branches in 2 years
denis-snyk/nodejs-goof
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Super vulnerable todo list application
Contributions:26 PRs, 12 pushes, 16 branches in 2 years
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