Edward Kent
Technical Lead at Auto Trader UK
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEdward Kent is a Technical Lead with 13 years of experience specialising in data engineering and building data-driven products and tools at Auto Trader UK, where he progressed from Developer to Technical Lead. He combines deep academic training—a PhD in Computational Systems Biology and an MEng in Computer Science—with hands-on experience designing cloud-native solutions and distributed computing tools dating back to his Cloud-COPASI research. Comfortable operating at the intersection of research and production, he focuses on turning complex data workflows into reliable, scalable systems that empower product teams. Based in England, he brings a measured leadership style and scientific rigor to engineering challenges, often applying research-derived approaches to practical engineering problems.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computational Systems Biology, PhD, Computational Systems Biology at The University of ManchesterMaster of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science, Upper Second Class Honours, Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Science, Upper Second Class Honours at University of WarwickLawnswood School
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Github Skills (16)
facilities9
simulation8
copasi8
aws7
while-loop6
pycharm6
tuples6
loops6
python6
looker6
java6
hpc5
lookml4
testing4
continuous-integration3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
copasi/cloud-copasi
Apr 2013 - Apr 2015
cloud-copasi is a web service to manage COPASI simulation tasks in HPC facilities and compute clouds, such as condor, AWS, etc.
Contributions:207 commits in 2 years
pythoncopasisimulationfacilitiescompute
jhevans/jeph_pynode
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Hack MCR 2015 meteor application
Contributions:53 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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