Gemma Down
Senior Data Engineer
Ferndown, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGemma Down is a Senior Data Engineer with six years' experience building reliable data platforms and analytics solutions across public and private sectors, now at FanDuel. With a 1st Class Master of Mathematics and a PGCE in Computer Science, she combines strong analytical rigour with clear communication and teaching instincts. She has a track record of halving ETL runtimes, automating processes with RPA, and improving data quality through NLP and robust testing. A polyglot practitioner comfortable across Python, Django/Flask, React and pandas, she also contributes to prominent open-source projects like dash-bootstrap-components, improving cross-language test coverage. Decisive and resourceful, she focuses on eliminating operational inefficiencies while scaling data products for diverse stakeholders.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Mathematics Mathematics, Master of Mathematics Mathematics at University of BathPGCE Computer Science, PGCE Computer Science at The Cambridge Partnership
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Github Skills (13)
automated-tests10
pytest10
python10
testing10
julia9
bootstra8
bootstrap8
formula6
uiwebview6
swift6
excel-formula6
excel6
vba6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
facultyai/dash-bootstrap-components
Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
Bootstrap components for Plotly Dash
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 62 commits, 37 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Gemma made several improvements to the testing methods within the `dash-bootstrap-components` repository. These changes involved adding and modifying tests for non-Python code snippets, specifically for Julia code snippets and components. The user's commits included the addition of new testing frameworks, and updates to existing test wrappers, resulting in more robust automated tests for various components. The user's work ensured the reliability and proper functioning of the Bootstrap components across different programming languages.
pythondashbootstrap-componentsdashboardsplotly-dash
glsdown/dash-loading-spinners
Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
Fun and funky spinners for use with Dash apps
Contributions:12 releases, 2 reviews, 85 commits in 8 months
dashloading-barspinnersplotly-dashspinner
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