Lachlan Kidson
Senior Software Engineer at Skyscanner
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLachlan Kidson is a Senior Software Engineer based in Edinburgh with nine years of experience building and maintaining full-stack and DevOps-focused systems, currently working at Skyscanner. He holds a First Class MEng in Software Engineering from Edinburgh Napier and has a track record delivering secure, compliance-focused software—from data protection tooling at Diddo to billing and integration systems at Skyscanner. Comfortable across backend, integrations and intranet/platform services, he combines practical operational ownership with a developer’s attention to clean, auditable systems. A former BBC apprentice and BlackRock summer analyst, he also brings teaching experience as a university class tutor and a brief stint as an Army reservist, reflecting discipline and clear communication alongside technical depth.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Madras College St.AndrewsMasters of Engineering (MEng) Computer Software Engineering, Masters of Engineering (MEng) Computer Software Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University
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Github Skills (40)
js-client6
null-coalescing-operator6
html-document6
datetime6
ternary-operator6
multidimensional-arrays6
csharp5
roslyn-analyzer5
irc5
ray5
html-element5
nodejs4
statsd4
gtk4
telegram4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
lachlankidson/RayTracingInOneWeekend
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
C# implementation of Peter Shirley's 'Ray Tracing' book series.
Contributions:64 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 18 days
raybook-seriestracingray-tracingcsharp
lachlankidson/Town-of-Us-Installer
Apr 2021 - Apr 2021
Self-contained .NET 5 C# script for automating installing (and updating) the latest version of the 'Town of Us' Among Us mod. Put together haphazardly and at haste, use at your own risk!
Contributions:1 release, 6 PRs, 8 pushes in 4 days
kebab-caseself-containedinstallingriskupdating
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