Marcus Pennington
Dev Lead at Sohonet
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMarcus Pennington is a Dev Lead based in London with 11 years of experience building and scaling Python-based systems, from Django monoliths to Nameko microservices and WebRTC-powered remote collaboration tools. He has led development of enterprise-class products—file transfer, digital asset management and high-performance networked storage—delivering pragmatic architecture, end-to-end encryption and operational roles for distributed services. A natural people manager and mentor, Marcus improves team output through rigorous code reviews, pair programming and introducing best practices learned across consultancy and in-house roles. He blends hands-on engineering with product-focused thinking, favoring simple, readable solutions to complex problems and a track record of shipping on time. An author on microservice design and a repeat contractor for high-profile clients (including Google projects), he brings both depth in Python ecosystems and practical experience hardening systems for scale.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels in Maths Mechanics, Physics and a CCNA in Cisco Systems, A Levels in Maths Mechanics, Physics and a CCNA in Cisco Systems at Highams Park Sixth Form CollegeBSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, 2:1, BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, 2:1 at University of Hertfordshire10 GCSEs at Grades A-C including Maths, English and Science, 10 GCSEs at Grades A-C including Maths, English and Science at Warwick School for Boys
English
Github Skills (48)
python10
django10
orm10
django-framework9
blueprint9
session-store8
python-client8
redis-client8
redis8
janus7
redisearch7
redis-cluster7
flask7
web-framework7
server-side6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
newmediaresearch/portal-docker
Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
This repository contains information needed to run Cantemo Portal under Docker
Contributions:4 PRs, 11 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
docker-composedockerportal
marcuspen/nameko-stripe
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Stripe dependency for Nameko services
Contributions:3 commits, 7 PRs, 18 pushes in 17 days
stripenamekonameko-services
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