Hannah Spencer
Software Engineer at Starling Bank
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolHannah Barclay is a software engineer with a decade of experience building scalable backend and full-stack systems across fintech, e-commerce, and media. Currently at Starling Bank after contributing to Microsoft, she has strong Java/Kotlin backend chops and a history of improving CI/CD, testing, and on-call reliability from her time at eBay. Her BBC graduate rotation exposed her to high-throughput APIs, AR/VR apps, and cross-platform work, blending systems thinking with product-focused implementation. She holds a Distinction MSc in Computer Science and brings a humanities background in English Literature that sharpens her communication and mentorship—she founded a mentoring scheme at eBay that expanded department-wide. Comfortable across cloud, APIs, and frontend concerns, she combines delivery-driven engineering with a knack for developer experience and process improvements.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Distinction, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Distinction at Birkbeck, University of LondonMaster's degree, English Literature, Merit, Master's degree, English Literature, Merit at University of Exeter
Github Skills (50)
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spectrum10
dac10
digital-signal-processing10
dsa-algorithm10
frequency10
software-defined-radio10
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hannahlspencer/IQEngine
May 2023 - Sep 2023
A web-based SDR toolkit for analyzing, processing, and sharing RF recordings
Contributions:1 PR, 277 pushes, 71 branches in 3 months
hannahlspencer/hannahlspencer.github.io
Feb 2017 - Feb 2024
Testing GitHub pages
Contributions:6 PRs, 81 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 1 month
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