Gerard Ward
Data Platform Engineer
Greater Glasgow Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGerard Ward is a Data Platform Engineer with a decade of experience building data-driven systems, currently shaping platform capabilities at Depop after four years of hands-on engineering at the BBC. He holds a 2:1 MA (Hons.) in Computing Science and French from the University of Glasgow, bringing an analytical mindset tempered by cross-cultural communication skills. Gerard progressed from graduate to senior engineering roles, contributing to production services that serve large audiences and complex data needs. His background includes quantitative tech exposure via an internship at Squarepoint Capital and market research experience in Marseille, reflecting an ability to bridge technical and business contexts. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and curious, comfortable translating ambiguous requirements into reliable, scalable platform features.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (Hons.), Computing Science and French, 2:1, Master of Arts (Hons.), Computing Science and French, 2:1 at University of Glasgow
English, French, Spanish
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gerardward3/level4-project
Sep 2018 - Apr 2024
Level 4 Computing Science Individual Project - Emulating Glasgow's First Computer
Contributions:26 PRs, 72 pushes, 24 branches in 5 years 8 months
individualsciencefmijavascriptsimulation
gerardward3/hci4
Nov 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
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