Mike Cobbett
IBM Senior Software Engineer, AI Projects
Chandler's Ford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Cobbett is a seasoned software architect and engineering leader with nearly four decades of experience and nine years in senior roles, currently leading AI projects at IBM. He combines deep technical craft—re-architecting core systems, introducing TDD, and building CI/CD-driven cloud services—with a talent for turning teams into high-performing, delivery-focused squads. His recent work spans AI agents and open-source leadership on the Galasa project, reflecting both product-facing and developer-tooling expertise. Comfortable across legacy enterprise stacks and modern microservices, he often bridges long-lived codebases with contemporary engineering practices. A maker, husband and father based in Chandler's Ford, he brings practicality and empathy to complex technical decisions. Colleagues rely on him to translate architectural vision into testable, automatable, production-ready software.
9 years of coding experience
38 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (hons), Computer Science, 2-1, BSc (hons), Computer Science, 2-1 at University of Wales, SwanseaMaths, Maths at Barton Peveril , Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK
Github Skills (78)
gatsbyjs10
zenhub10
gatsby9
wrapping9
cli9
obr9
nodejs9
cics8
maven8
maven-pom8
java-api8
tla8
gradle-kotlin-dsl8
repo-management8
spring-boot8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cicsdev/cics-java-liberty-springboot-jcics
Nov 2020 - Aug 2022
Java™ Spring Boot application that uses the JCICS TSQ Java API to provide a RESTful CICS® TSQ browsing service
Contributions:6 commits, 17 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 9 months
spring-bootapijcicsjava-springrestful
galasa-dev/githubapp-copyright
Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 review, 43 PRs, 52 pushes in 11 months
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