Mick Grierson
Senior Software Engineer at EDF
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMick Grierson is a Software Engineer with 14 years’ experience blending hands-on development, technical leadership, and academic insight as a Professor of Computing. He has led DevSecOps and international teams at Boeing, driving Java/Spring Boot projects, CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud/container infrastructure while also acting as Scrum Master and technical point of contact. Currently at EDF, he continues to deliver reliable enterprise software and mentor teams, with a track record of improving code quality through SonarQube, JUnit/Mockito and robust review practices. An active open-source contributor, he has enhanced the C++ Maximilian audio/DSP library, fixing core audio issues and adding compressor functionality—evidence of depth across systems from low-level DSP to cloud-native platforms. Trained at the University of Cambridge, he combines academic rigor with practical problem solving and a knack for rapidly learning new technologies.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechanical Engineering at University of CambridgeA-Levels: 3A*s, 1A
Mathematics: A*
Further Mathematics: A*
Physics: A*
Latin: A, A-Levels: 3A*s, 1A
Mathematics: A*
Further Mathematics: A*
Physics: A*
Latin: A at Maidstone Grammar School
Github Skills (4)
lib10
cprogramming-language10
c-language10
algorithms9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
micknoise/Maximilian
Oct 2011 - Nov 2022
C++ Audio and Music DSP Library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:102 commits, 5 PRs, 48 pushes in 11 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mick primarily worked on the C++ audio and music DSP library, making iterative improvements to the core functionality. Their contributions focused on refining existing features, such as fixing audio gate clicking issues and improving the compressor, adding a compressor example. These changes involved modifications to the core files, maximilian.cpp and main.cpp and the addition of an example showcasing the new compressor functionality.
audiocpp
micknoise/Maxim
Jun 2013 - Mar 2019
Cross Platform JavaScript/Java Audio DSP and Mobile Web Development Library Compatible with Processing
Contributions:6 commits, 2 pushes in 5 years 9 months
java-audiojavascriptmobile-web
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