Fiona Young
Software Engineer at Kaluza
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolFiona Young is a seasoned software engineer with 10 years of professional experience building full-stack systems, currently shaping platform features at Kaluza after senior engineering roles at Avaloq and LogicNow. Her background spans numerical simulation, optimization and control algorithms—from Fortran-based wave-energy controllers to Python tooling and high-performance web encodings—reflecting deep algorithmic instincts and a focus on practical efficiency. She has repeatedly delivered tooling that accelerates testing and data extraction, automated large-scale report comparisons, and optimized page encoding to cut execution time by two-thirds. A confident communicator and mentor, she thrives in both independent and collaborative settings and keeps skills sharp through ongoing challenges like algorithmic problem-solving on HackerRank. Based in Edinburgh, she combines an MEng (First Class) in Mechanical Engineering with a rare blend of engineering rigor and hands-on software craft applied to energy, fintech and SaaS domains.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical Engineering, First Class Honors (With ImechE award for graduating top of the class), Master of Engineering (MEng), Mechanical Engineering, First Class Honors (With ImechE award for graduating top of the class) at The University of Edinburgh
English
Github Skills (2)
circleci10
terraform9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
fionamatters/JavaHackerRank
Apr 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
fionamatters/PythonHackerRank
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:51 pushes, 8 branches in 2 months
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