Summary
Lawrence Dawson is a backend software engineer with nine years of experience, currently helping build and scale Go-based systems powering Odin’s investment platform. He has a track record of delivering scalable services at Cuvva and Sainsbury’s Tech, working across Kotlin and Go within cross-functional teams and owning production infrastructure. Lawrence favors clean architecture and domain-driven design, with hands-on experience building distributed systems and infrastructure at scale. His background is unconventional for tech—trained in professional ballet and with years in hospitality—which he cites as shaping his resilience, empathy, and creative problem-solving. Based in Italy, he blends disciplined engineering craft with a pragmatic, product-focused mindset. Colleagues would note his ability to translate complex domain needs into maintainable backend systems while keeping operational reliability front of mind.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at Makers
History Politics ICT Dance, History Politics ICT Dance at St Bedes Senior School
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Hons Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Hons Ballet and Contemporary Dance at Rambert School of Ballet amd Contemporary Dance