Jack Anderson
Backend Developer at Depop
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolJack Anderson is a backend developer with 10 years’ experience building high-throughput distributed systems and reliable automation tooling, currently driving server-side infrastructure at Depop. He has solid production experience in Kotlin, Rust, and Python from roles at Unity Technologies and Metaswitch (acquired by Microsoft), and a practical grounding in embedded/controls software from early work on HVAC systems. Based in London and originally from Edinburgh, Jack is a Linux and open source enthusiast who intentionally avoids crypto/web3 work. He combines hands-on systems programming with pragmatic engineering—shipping resilient, geographically redundant services and developer tooling. Jack’s academic background (first-class BEng in Software Engineering) underpins a methodical approach to designing maintainable backend architecture.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
HNC, Computing, A, HNC, Computing, A at Edinburgh CollegeBachelor of Engineering - BEng (Hons), Software Engineering, 1st Class, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng (Hons), Software Engineering, 1st Class at Edinburgh Napier University
English, French
Github Skills (103)
openstack-swift10
rsync10
backup10
cloud-platform10
google-cloud10
icloud10
aws-s310
sftp10
encryption10
ftp10
flysystem10
api10
pebble10
golang10
webdav10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Boxfort/rustlike
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:44 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
Boxfort/Oscillator
Jan 2017 - Oct 2019
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 2 years 9 months
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