Oliver Black
Forward Deployed Architect at Palantir Technologies
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Black is a Forward Deployed Architect at Palantir with 11 years of software engineering experience, combining a Cambridge Computer Science education with deep hands-on delivery across utilities, government, transport, and NHS England. He architects and implements cloud connectivity with Microsoft Azure while leading technical teams to deploy Palantir Foundry at large enterprises like Airbus and integrated utilities. His background spans low-level networking performance work at Solarflare and embedded systems development at Kynesim, giving him an unusual breadth from kernel-adjacent code to enterprise data platforms. Comfortable operating at the intersection of technical execution and client-facing scoping, he has repeatedly translated complex domain requirements into production systems. Outside engineering, he once competed as an international finalist on China’s Superbrain, demonstrating high-pressure problem-solving on a global stage. Based in London, he blends rigorous theory, multidisciplinary technical fluency, and proven delivery in large, regulated environments.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
A Levels Double Maths Physics Computer Science AS Chemistry EPQ, A Levels Double Maths Physics Computer Science AS Chemistry EPQ at Hills Road Sixth Form CollegeBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of CambridgeHanban HSK Mandarin Chinese, Hanban HSK Mandarin Chinese at The Chinese Language Institute (CLI)Melbourn Village College
English, Chinese, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (41)
blueprint10
ui-toolkit10
sass10
lerna10
typescript10
react10
ui-components9
javascript9
geography9
system9
networking8
github-app8
react-components8
asynchronous8
unix8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ollie299792458/dissertation-rust-ipv6-router
Jan 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:123 commits, 82 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
ollie299792458/Personal-Website-Ollie299792458
Apr 2019 - Feb 2024
Contributions:61 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
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