Rob Kent
Senior Software Engineer at Paper Run
Cambuslang, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Kent is a senior software engineer with 14+ years of hands-on experience building user-focused, high-quality software across startups, research, and enterprise environments. He combines technical depth—from systems engineering at BAE to proteomics research tooling at the University of Dundee—with leadership roles including front-end team lead and group manager at Optimove and founding a software startup. Comfortable shifting between coding and strategy, he has a track record of turning complex requirements into pragmatic, customer-centric solutions and enjoys returning to code after entrepreneurial ventures. Based in Cambuslang, Scotland, he brings a practical, collaborative approach that emphasizes continual customer engagement and strong team dynamics. Notably, his background spans both product-facing front-end leadership and deeper systems-level engineering, giving him versatility across the stack.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
Github Skills (56)
notification8
python-client8
pushy8
notification-service8
api7
vtk6
pyqt6
python6
gsm5
medical5
dicom5
medical-imaging5
micropython5
slack5
jenkins-plugin5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
lamondlab/pyctk
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:49 commits, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
jazzycamel/QLed
Oct 2017 - Jul 2019
An LED Widget for the PyQt4/5 Framework
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 12 pushes in 1 year 10 months
widgetpythonpyside6ledpyqt5
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