Michael Glenister
Senior Backend Developer And DevOps at OpenUp (formerly Code for South Africa)
East London, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Glenister is a Senior Backend Developer and DevOps engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and operating reliable backend systems, currently leading backend and DevOps efforts at OpenUp. He progressed from research-focused software and system administration in bioinformatics to production delivery for civic technology, blending strong engineering discipline with operational ownership. A BTech in Software Development underpins his technical foundation, while competitive sailing reveals a team-oriented, calm-under-pressure leadership style. Based in East London, South Africa, he is open to relocation and brings a pragmatic mix of research rigor, production-grade DevOps, and proven experience scaling backend services for impact-driven organizations.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Software Development, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Software Development, Computer Software Engineering at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan UniversityHigh School, High School at Cambridge High School, South AfricaDiploma IT Software Development, Computer Software Engineering, Diploma IT Software Development, Computer Software Engineering at Nelson Mandela University
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (43)
mds10
tsne10
normal10
principal-component-analysis10
proteins10
simulation9
financial9
dynamics9
pca9
pdb9
bioinformatics9
api9
python8
backend8
parliament8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RUBi-ZA/MODE-TASK
Sep 2017 - Apr 2021
PCA and normal mode analysis of proteins
Contributions:141 commits, 30 PRs, 125 pushes in 3 years 7 months
molecular-dynamics-simulationproteinsprincipal-component-analysispythonmolecular-dynamics
michaelglenister/bioinformatics_AIO
May 2019 - Feb 2021
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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