Harley Watson
Senior Software Engineer - Deployment Platform
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHarley Watson is a Senior Software Engineer with 15 years’ experience specializing in deployment and platform engineering, currently shaping Skyscanner’s deployment platform. He has driven security-focused automation across CI/CD—implementing UAR automation, AzureAD integration, SSO via SAML, and OIDC for AWS access through GitHub Actions—while also improving on-call tooling and runbooks for resilient operations. Harley’s background spans payments, platform security, and content migrations, combining hands-on implementation (Docker, AWS, Protobuf/OpenAPI) with mentoring and cross-team collaboration. He frequently leads practical engineering initiatives such as hackdays and squad events, and has a track record of building internal open-source services to streamline workflows. Trained in Ethical Hacking, he brings a security-first mindset to platform design and developer experience. Based in Glasgow and fluent in pragmatic infrastructure work, he balances deep technical delivery with strong operational ownership.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. (Hons) Ethical Hacking, BSc. (Hons) Ethical Hacking at Abertay University
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (162)
travis10
powerschool10
ruby10
php-api10
security-compliance10
danger10
static-analysis10
aws-security10
barcodes10
linux10
code-review10
twitter-api10
circle10
macos10
package-manager10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
unlobito/skunk
Jul 2014 - Dec 2022
Easy access to your store cards and other barcodes from your Pebble.
Contributions:2 reviews, 35 commits, 10 PRs in 8 years 6 months
pebblebarcodes
unlobito/skunk-config
Jul 2014 - Dec 2022
Config panel for Skunk.
Contributions:1 review, 50 commits, 8 PRs in 8 years 6 months
dotfilespanelconfigskunk
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