Duncan Mcdonald
Software Engineering Manager, Content Discovery Search & Personalisation
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDuncan Mcdonald is a seasoned software engineering leader with 15+ years of experience driving large-scale digital products at the BBC, currently heading Content Discovery: Search & Personalisation. He has progressed from hands-on engineering and embedded systems to leading teams that shape homepage, news, sport and education experiences, blending technical depth in Java, C/C++ and web technologies with delivery-focused leadership. Duncan is experienced in building personalised, high-availability systems and has a track record of introducing engineering best practices such as CI, unit testing and agile delivery across teams. Based in Glasgow with a Distinction MSc in Software Engineering from Heriot-Watt, he combines product-facing responsibility with a curiosity for low-level systems—an uncommon mix that helps bridge platform reliability and user-facing relevance.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
Github Skills (9)
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javascript4
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java3
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
djmcdonald/curriculum_visualiser
Jan 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:42 commits in 4 months
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djmcdonald/teehee
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 10 days
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