Michael Dodd
Software Engineer at Starling Bank
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMichael Dodd is a software engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building mobile and backend systems, currently contributing to Starling Bank's engineering efforts from Southampton. He brings deep expertise in Android, Blackberry 10, Qt, C++, Java and PHP, with a track record of shipping consumer mobile apps and device integration code—most notably developing drivers and libraries for Anoto digital pens. Michael's background spans full-stack web work, database experience with MySQL/PostgreSQL, and Linux server maintenance from early roles and a first-class Computer Science degree from the University of Plymouth. Comfortable in client-facing settings, he combines pragmatic engineering with clear communication to deliver reliable products. An early career start in customer support and network operations gives him a practical, user-focused perspective that informs his development decisions.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Devonport High School for BoysSutton High SchoolAdvanced Levels, BCC, Advanced Levels, BCC at City College PlymouthBsc (Hons), Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bsc (Hons), Computer Science, First Class Honours at University of Plymouth
English, German
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Github Skills (20)
android10
android-gradle-plugin9
java9
android-studio9
retrofit9
xml9
adb6
database6
junit6
sqlite6
android-espresso6
android-recyclerview6
intellij-idea6
switch-statement6
trains5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
DoddyUK/NetworkChecker
Feb 2018 - May 2019
Basic network interface information for Android
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 2 months
network-interfacenetmikoconnectivityandroidnetwork-monitoring
DoddyUK/rtt-api-python
Mar 2021 - Apr 2021
Realtime Trains API wrapper for Python
Contributions:40 commits, 16 PRs, 18 pushes in 18 days
apirealtimepythontrainsapi-wrapper
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