Iain Docherty is a Senior Consultant and seasoned Perl/Python developer with 14+ years delivering backend systems and tooling across finance, media, and telecoms from London. As director of PerlBlue he combines hands-on coding with consultancy, having built and supported SaaS deployment tools at Deutsche Bank and migrated legacy JavaScript apps to React/Redux for YOOX NET-A-PORTER. His expertise spans Moose, Mojolicious, DBIx::Class and web-blocking or deployment automation, often operating at the intersection of development and sysops. Iain holds a first-class BSc in Mathematics and Computing from the Open University and brings a pragmatic, legacy-friendly approach to modernization. He’s comfortable in regulated, high-availability environments and enjoys translating long-lived Perl codebases into maintainable, modern services. A detail that stands out: he’s run his own consultancy since 2006, combining client-facing delivery with persistent technical ownership.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSC (1st), Mathematics and computing, BSC (1st), Mathematics and computing at Open University
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Iain Docherty - Senior Consultant at PerlBlue Limited