Philip Burgess
Software Developer at Addleshaw Goddard
Skipton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPhilip Burgess is a pragmatic software developer with 10 years' experience building backend services in C# .NET and complementary front-end work in JavaScript, React and Node.js. He has delivered production systems across education, health and corporate sectors, most recently joining Addleshaw Goddard after engineering roles at UCAS, Jisc and Computershare. A strong advocate of test-driven development and pair programming, he focuses on maintainable, scalable code and automated testing to minimise technical debt. Philip pairs hands-on implementation with clear stakeholder communication, having also worked in clinical advising and university research labs where he scripted data-processing tools in Python. He brings a practical curiosity—mentoring young learners in coding early in his career and migrating research workflows into usable tools—which helps him bridge research, product and operational needs. Based in Skipton, England, he is pragmatic, collaborative and consistently improves team delivery through quality-focused engineering practices.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate of Higher Education Computer Science, Certificate of Higher Education Computer Science at University of LeedsAccess to HE Computing and ICT, Access to HE Computing and ICT at Bolton College
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Github Skills (18)
cpp10
science10
mortar10
computer-science10
cs506
stdio6
daemon5
workspace2
shell-extension2
react2
gnome2
workspaces2
chat2
windows1
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PhilipGB/bys-news
Jan 2022 - Apr 2024
Node.js/Express based news and comments API
Contributions:4 PRs, 59 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 2 months
PhilipGB/react-app
Aug 2021 - Apr 2024
First react app
Contributions:3 PRs, 40 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 8 months
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