Edward Andress
Head Of Curriculum (Software Development) at Makers
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEdward Andress is Head of Curriculum for Software Development at Makers with 11 years of experience blending scientific rigour and hands-on engineering to train and scale developer talent. A former biologist and PhD in epigenetics, he retrained as a developer and shipped production services at the UK Ministry of Justice before pivoting to coaching and curriculum leadership. He designs apprenticeship programmes, leads technical coaches, and still spends substantial time pairing with learners—bringing practitioner empathy to strategy and assessment. His contributions to Makers’ acebook Node.js template show practical full‑stack experience across auth, session management and integration testing. Based in London, he’s known for translating complex technical and organisational problems into clear learning pathways that accelerate junior engineers into confident contributors.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Genetics, 1st Class (hons.), Bachelor of Science (BSc), Genetics, 1st Class (hons.) at University of LiverpoolMaster's degree, Biological Research, Master's degree, Biological Research at Imperial College LondonWeb Development Bootcamp, Web Development Bootcamp at MakersIntroduction to data science, Introduction to data science at General Assembly
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Github Skills (9)
mongoose10
user-authentication10
authentication10
nodejs10
javascript10
cypress10
expressjs10
mongodb-database8
mongodb8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
makersacademy/acebook-node-template
Oct 2021 - Feb 2022
Node.js template for the Acebook project
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 6 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Edward implemented user management features, including user registration, login, and logout functionality. They modified the backend to handle user authentication, including database interactions and session management. Additionally, the user added routes and views for user registration and login, and integrated these features into the existing application flow. They also added integration tests for the sign up and sign in flows, ensuring correct user flow.
templatenode-jstemplatesnodejsjs-template
makersacademy/acebook-java-template
Oct 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:3 reviews, 10 PRs, 15 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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