Laura Porter
Senior Software Engineer at Tussell
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLaura Porter is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years' experience building APIs, microservices and web applications across Python, Ruby on Rails and XML toolchains, currently driving engineering at Tussell. She blends backend systems work (Python, Protobuf, NATS) with a strong history in government-facing agency delivery, having implemented production services for multiple UK departments and public bodies. Comfortable across cloud and DevOps tooling (Terraform, AWS, Docker, Azure) and test-driven Agile teams, she thrives in multidisciplinary settings alongside product, design and UCD practitioners. Laura mentors junior engineers, contributes open-source work on GitHub, and has a track record of pitching and recruiting—skills that make her equally effective in delivery and client-facing roles. A flexible, adaptive developer forged in agency and startup environments, she pairs pragmatic engineering with clear written communication to turn research and requirements into buildable features.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Foundation Diploma Art & Design at University for the Creative ArtsTormeadBA(Hons) Film Studies, BA(Hons) Film Studies at University of Kent
Github Skills (86)
converting10
sector10
roda10
ord9
marklogic9
django9
api9
ckan9
data-access9
sketchup9
api-client9
slack-bot9
energy9
textbook9
editors9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
dxw/homes-england-affordable-housing
Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:26 reviews, 36 PRs, 57 pushes in 21 days
nationalarchives/ds-caselaw-custom-api-client
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
A common client to the MarkLogic API for the National Archives Find Case Law service
Contributions:2 releases, 43 reviews, 170 commits in 8 months
api-clientapicase-lawpythonnational
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