Kat Hicks
Senior Software Engineer at Kaluza
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKat Hicks is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building robust, user-focused systems across energy tech and consulting firms. After progressing through multiple roles at ThoughtWorks, she now applies that consultancy-honed craft at Kaluza, tackling complex backend and systems challenges for the energy sector. Her background blends formal arts education and a Cambridge BA with practical software training from Makers Academy, giving her a creative yet pragmatic approach to problem solving. Prior roles in humanitarian data and GIS analysis at the British Red Cross reveal a strong data grounding and an ability to deliver under pressure. Colleagues know her for translating ambiguous requirements into maintainable code and for bringing an educator’s clarity to cross-functional teams.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Arts (BA) at University of CambridgeUAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma, UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma at University of the Arts London
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (23)
twitter10
explore10
rebuild10
favicon10
fmi9
css9
twilio9
nodejs9
react9
makers8
javascript8
instagram8
rake7
embedded-kafka6
apache-kafka6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
kathicks/where
Mar 2016 - Jun 2020
Contributions:9 PRs, 36 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years 4 months
kathicks/developers-dictionary
Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
Makers Academy: Final Project
Contributions:159 commits, 56 PRs, 128 pushes in 3 years 3 months
typescriptnodejsmakersdocker
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