Fahad Khan
Lead Software Engineer at UK Civil Service
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolFahad Khan is a Lead Software Engineer with a decade of experience delivering pragmatic software solutions across public and private sectors, currently leading engineering efforts within the UK Civil Service. He has progressed from hands-on development roles (Perl, Java, DevOps) to engineering and team leadership positions at organisations including the BBC, Yahoo!, Tesco and consultancy stints, bringing a strong blend of technical depth and stakeholder-facing delivery. Fahad excels at coordinating cross-functional teams—engineers, testers, analysts and product owners—to translate complex business problems into reliable, auditable software. His background combines an Imperial College MEng in Computing and a first-class BSc in Mathematics & Statistics, reflecting both systems-level thinking and rigorous analytical grounding. Known for steady delivery in regulated and large-scale environments, he also brings the adaptability of a former consultant who rapidly integrates into diverse technical stacks and organisational cultures.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Computing, MEng, Computing at Imperial College LondonBSc, Mathematics & Statistics, 1st Class Honours, BSc, Mathematics & Statistics, 1st Class Honours at Birkbeck, U. of London
Urdu
Github Skills (19)
currency-exchange-rates8
currency-converter8
xapi7
forex6
flutter5
counter5
expressjs4
nodejs3
graphite2
padding1
crypto1
read-write1
nextjs1
encryption1
verify1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Financial-Times/anon-email-lists
Mar 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:29 pushes, 1 branch, 62 tags in 3 months
Financial-Times/n-health
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Makes it easy to add healthchecks to an app
Contributions:5 releases, 28 commits, 10 PRs in 18 days
forexhealthcheckscurrency-converterxapiplatforms-customer-products
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