Liam Macpherson
Biometrics Service (BMS) at UK Home Office
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLiam Macpherson is a principal software developer with a decade of experience delivering enterprise-scale, cloud-native solutions across cybersecurity, healthcare, and government. He currently leads technical strategy and architecture for Home Office biometric services that process millions of transactions annually, specialising in secure integrations with international data platforms. Combining hands-on Java and full-stack development with architectural oversight, he designs scalable microservices on AWS and Kubernetes and optimises data platforms using PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Elasticsearch/OpenSearch. Liam is adept at navigating regulatory and governance constraints, translating complex requirements into auditable, high-performance systems while shaping delivery strategy and CI/CD best practices. He also contributes to the tech community through a British Computer Society committee role, running professional development initiatives that strengthen the local engineering ecosystem. Outside of obvious technical chops, he pairs MSc-level cyber security expertise with practical operational insight to balance security, performance and maintainability in mission-critical services.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Cyber Security, Master of Science - MS Cyber Security at Sheffield Hallam UniversityThomas Rotherham CollegeOakwood High School
English
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Github Skills (127)
elasticsearch10
correspondence10
search-engine10
java10
amazon10
scanner9
artifacts9
opensearch9
restful9
scanning9
gocd9
aws-s38
amazon-s38
terraform7
security7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
UKHomeOffice/core-cloud-github-config
Nov 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:40 reviews, 59 PRs, 72 pushes in 3 months
UKHomeOffice/core-cloud-add-customer-action
Dec 2023 - Apr 2024
GitHub Action to add a customer to the Core Cloud LZA config
Contributions:56 reviews, 60 PRs, 82 pushes in 3 months
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