Nigel Wilson
Senior Software Development Engineer at VIAVI Solutions
Test Valley, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNigel Wilson is a Senior Software Development Engineer based in Test Valley, England, with over a decade of professional software experience and nine years in focused engineering roles. He has a strong track record building end-to-end systems—most recently delivering Kubernetes-backed HDF5 web viewer launches and a Flask-based orchestration service for Diamond Light Source’s LIMS. Comfortable across Python, Java, C# and full-stack integrations, Nigel has improved lab workflows, consolidated multi-screen transactions into single-screen processes, and extended hardware communication via custom DLLs. He combines pragmatic backend engineering with hands-on UI work (VueJS components, TinyMCE, Plotly) and a habit of smoothing cross-team operations between software and infrastructure. Known as a “Polymorphic Programmer,” he favors adaptable, maintainable solutions that reduce manual steps for users and accelerate data-driven workflows. A First Class BSc graduate, he brings both academic rigour and practical problem-solving to complex scientific and enterprise domains.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons), Computing, First Class, Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons), Computing, First Class at The University of NorthamptonBTEC National Diploma, IT, Triple Distinction, BTEC National Diploma, IT, Triple Distinction at Queen Mary's College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (16)
experiment10
php10
javascript10
metadata10
web-application10
python9
sqlpl7
java6
database5
visualization3
mariadb3
user-interface3
hosting2
eclipse2
plugin1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
NigelWilson/SynchWeb
Dec 2018 - Feb 2020
ISPyB web application
Contributions:20 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 2 months
pythonweb-applicationispyb
DiamondLightSource/VMXiImagerLink
Jun 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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