Summary
Luke Howden is a DevOps engineer based in London with eight years of experience bridging software development and infrastructure to deliver resilient, automated systems. At Trace Isys he progressed from software engineer to DevOps lead, applying development discipline to CI/CD, scalability and operational reliability. He specializes in automation that reduces toil and enables rapid, repeatable deployments—skills he is keen to apply in hedge fund, finance and fintech environments where low-latency, fault-tolerant systems matter. Trained in Computer Science and AI at the University of Edinburgh, he brings a pragmatic, code-first approach to infrastructure and a proven ability to translate complex requirements into maintainable pipelines. Notably, his background combines hands-on coding with production operations, making him comfortable owning features from design through to live support.
8 years of coding experience
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Second Class, Division 1, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Second Class, Division 1 at The University of Edinburgh