Fergus Strange
Principal Software Engineer at SiteHive
Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolFergus Strange is a Principal Software Engineer with a decade of experience building cloud-first, production-ready systems and leading delivery-focused teams from a consultancy background. He combines a support-engineering origin with senior consultancy and principal roles, giving him strong analytical troubleshooting skills and a pragmatic, customer-first approach to shipping reliable software. At SiteHive he drives end-to-end delivery and culture, and his open-source contributions—such as improvements to an embedded Postgres Go project that enhanced security, Windows test reliability, and logging flexibility—showcase his attention to quality and cross-platform reliability. Comfortable across backend and DevOps concerns, he prioritizes maintainability and practical outcomes over technical novelty. Based in Australia, he brings consultancy-honed breadth across industries and a consistent track record of turning complex problems into production features.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) (Eng) Information & Communications Technology in the Business Environment, Bachelor of Science (BS) (Eng) Information & Communications Technology in the Business Environment at Queen Mary University of LondonKings School Ely
Github Skills (9)
version-control10
embedded10
go10
postgresql10
sys10
testing10
cicd7
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
fergusstrange/embedded-postgres
Nov 2019 - Oct 2022
Run a real Postgres database locally on Linux, OSX or Windows as part of another Go application or test
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:35 releases, 31 reviews, 25 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Fergus primarily contributed to improving the project's functionality and maintainability. They updated and upgraded the supported Postgres versions, addressing potential security vulnerabilities and ensuring compatibility. Additionally, the user implemented improvements related to test coverage and deflaking Windows tests, indicating a focus on improving the quality and reliability of the project. They also integrated the ability to handle custom logger interfaces, adding more flexibility.
databasego-applicationlinuxpostgresqlwindows
fergusstrange/theberesforddiet
Sep 2016 - Aug 2019
Cactus's default theme on Jekyll
Contributions:4 PRs, 15 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 10 months
cactusjekylljekyll-themedefault-theme
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