Kevin O'brien
Backend Software Engineer at NewsWhip
Cork Metropolitan Area Ireland
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Top SchoolKevin O'Brien is a backend software engineer with 10 years of experience building reliable services across media and enterprise platforms, currently contributing at NewsWhip from Cork, Ireland. He has progressed through roles at Edge by Ascential and Poppulo after early engineering stints at Analog Devices, bringing strong practical exposure to Java, JavaScript/Node and modern backend patterns. Known for enjoying a wide range of languages, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a solid academic grounding from the University of Limerick. Kevin’s background includes rapid progression from internship to mid-level engineering and a decade-long discipline outside tech as an amateur jockey, hinting at resilience and risk-management instincts. He focuses on shipping maintainable systems that support high-throughput content and analytics workflows, and thrives in teams that balance craft with velocity.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Systems, GPA: 3.68, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Systems, GPA: 3.68 at University of Limerick
English
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Github Skills (29)
aws9
development-kit8
typescript7
cloud-infrastructure7
minikube6
infrastructure6
ecmascript6
infrastructure-as-code6
cloud-development-kit6
android6
database-design6
bash6
terraform6
java6
git6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kfcobrien/TRIP
Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:6 PRs, 20 pushes, 4 branches in 2 months
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kfcobrien/Spiders
Jul 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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