Iain Billett
Software Engineer at Roadie
Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolIain Billett is a software engineer based in Dublin with 14 years’ experience building mobile-first and full-stack solutions, currently contributing at Roadie where he works on Backstage plugins and ArgoCD integrations. He has a strong Java, Android and C++ background and a track record at companies including Workday and Paddy Power, plus early open-source work on an Android UI for LibreOffice. Comfortable across front-end and backend tasks, he’s skilled in integration testing and migrating complex plugin functionality. Colleagues describe him as someone who genuinely enjoys programming and seeks roles he looks forward to each morning, combining disciplined engineering with a practical focus on developer tooling and mobile experiences.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, 1st Class Honours, Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, 1st Class Honours at Trinity College Dublin
English, French
Github Skills (11)
argocd10
backstage10
test-framework10
react10
testing10
typescript-types9
typescript9
javascript9
typescripts9
cypress9
cicd8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
RoadieHQ/roadie-backstage-plugins
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
All Backstage plugins created by Roadie.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:119 reviews, 27 commits, 50 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Iain's primary focus was enhancing the functionality of the Roadie Backstage plugins. They added integration tests for ArgoCD, demonstrating knowledge of testing frameworks and application integration. Furthermore, they migrated ArgoCD functionality, contributing to plugin updates and maintaining codebase. They also implemented features to integrate ArgoCD into the app and other plugins.
backstagebackstage-pluginpluginroadie
iain-b/backstage-test-entities
Feb 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:36 PRs, 349 pushes, 18 branches in 4 years 1 month
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