Derek Donnelly
Founder at Shirka®
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDerek Donnelly is a seasoned software builder and founder with 13 years of experience delivering mission-critical systems across finance, trading, and consumer devices. He currently leads Shirka®, an ambitious on-device, offline-first AI operating system for billions of edge devices, while also advising a blockchain settlement initiative at BNP Paribas CIB. Previously he scaled web engineering at Genesis Global during hypergrowth and led front-office UI teams at major banks, shipping low-latency trading and risk systems. A hands-on technical leader and solo founder, Derek blends product-grade engineering with operational reliability for regulated industries where failure is not an option. He describes himself as a dyslexic thinker and lifelong learner, a profile that surfaces in his pragmatic, inventive approach to building resilient, sovereign software.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (200)
json-schema10
hot-reload10
html-webpack-plugin10
data-validation10
react-component10
json10
development-tools10
forms10
webpack10
webpack-plugin10
webpack-loader10
bundling10
server10
react10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
derekdon/derekdon.github.io
Aug 2016 - Jan 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 6 months
derekdon/cane-kanbanboard
May 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:18 commits in 27 days
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