Oliver Wilkinson
Staff Data Engineer
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOliver Wilkinson is a Staff Data Engineer with nine years' experience building data-driven applications, combining strong SQL and Python skills with full-stack web development and data visualization expertise. Based in Bristol, he has progressed from Data Engineer roles into senior and leadership positions across startups and scaleups, now balancing a director role at his own firm with a staff position at KnowBe4. He excels at turning complex datasets into actionable, production-ready services and dashboards, while maintaining hands-on involvement in both backend pipelines and front-end delivery. Oliver’s career shows a steady trajectory of technical leadership—moving from hands-on engineering to leading teams and projects across AI/insurtech-focused companies. He’s comfortable shipping end-to-end solutions and often bridges gaps between data science models and reliable engineering deployments. A practical problem-solver, he brings an engineer-founder mindset that favors iterative delivery and measurable business impact.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science (Hons), BSc Computer Science (Hons) at University of the West of EnglandMarling School Sixth FormMarling School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (58)
javascript10
sqlite10
postgresql10
query-builder10
cockroachdb10
mysql10
mariadb10
testing10
soft-delete10
prisma10
sql-server10
testing-library10
react-testing-library10
menu10
orm10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
testing-library/webdriverio-testing-library
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
🕷️ Simple and complete WebdriverIO DOM testing utilities that encourage good testing practices.
Contributions:12 reviews, 84 commits, 50 PRs in 2 years
domtestingwebdriveriodom-testing-librarye2e
olivierwilkinson/prisma-extension-soft-delete
Nov 2023 - Feb 2025
Prisma extension for adding soft delete to Prisma models, even when using nested queries
Contributions:4 reviews, 9 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 3 months
prismasoft-delete
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