Gabriel Stedman is a Technical Development Manager based in Bath with nine years of hands-on software engineering experience and a formal Computer Science degree from Universitat Jaume I. He progressed from developer roles building Windows services, provisioning tooling and Python connectivity to senior and principal engineering positions before moving into technical management at NCR Voyix. Gabriel combines rapid self-directed learning with a pragmatic engineering approach, evidenced by contributions to the high-profile lz4 compression project where he enhanced CLI functionality, improved C90 compatibility and refactored IO code. He excels at translating operational needs into maintainable code and clear technical direction for teams, and has experience across backend systems, packaging frameworks and integration with enterprise services. Colleagues describe him as a clear communicator with strong team spirit who focuses on efficient, well-designed solutions.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's degree, Software development, 1st, Associate's degree, Software development, 1st at IES El Caminas
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 1st, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 1st at Universitat Jaume I
Contributions:1 review, 8 commits, 6 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Gabriel primarily contributed to the `lz4/lz4` repository by implementing and modifying command-line interface (CLI) functionality. Their work included adding a `--list` option to display information about compressed files, which involved modifying existing code and introducing new structures to handle file metadata. They also addressed code style issues and refactored existing functions for better code clarity and maintainability, while adding support for C90 compatibility and improving memory management practices, with several commits adding additional functionality to the programs/lz4io.c file.
Gebaar, A Super Simple WM Independent Touchpad Gesture Daemon for libinput
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 25 pushes in 8 months
touchpaddaemonindependentlinuxgesture
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