Karl Blackburn
Senior Developer at EmailOctopus
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKarl Blackburn is a Senior Developer based in Newcastle upon Tyne with 11 years of hands-on experience building robust web applications, specializing in Symfony and backend engineering. He has progressed through roles at Imprint Group, Partnerize, Mashbo and now EmailOctopus, bringing practical product-focused expertise from startup to scale-up environments. Karl combines solid computer science foundations from Newcastle University with a track record of shipping reliable server-side systems and improving developer workflows. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he often bridges feature delivery and maintainability, helping teams balance speed with long-term code health. Though not heavily visible on GitHub, his steady career progression and recent senior role signal strong real-world impact and technical leadership.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Newcastle University
Github Skills (30)
six9
frontend8
raknet8
vue8
javascript8
bullet7
physics6
entity6
halo6
progressive6
game-development5
engine5
bullet-physics5
sdl5
messaging5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
karljacques/Teabag
Aug 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:154 commits, 4 PRs, 58 pushes in 7 months
gameaimbullet-physicsenginehalo
karljacques/SpaceFace
Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
Game based on Omicron Beta - Written in Symfony
Contributions:12 PRs, 142 pushes, 19 branches in 6 months
phpsymfonyomicron
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