Rob Weddell
Software Engineering Team Lead at Starling
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRob Weddell is a software engineering team lead based in London with a decade of experience building production systems using both relational and non-relational databases like MariaDB and MongoDB. Currently leading engineering at Starling after progressing from software engineer there, he combines hands-on coding with people leadership to deliver resilient backend services. His career includes engineering roles at Ocado Technology and an industrial placement at Hiscox, giving him exposure to high-throughput systems and enterprise practices. Earlier entrepreneurial experience as founder and CEO of ModRealms—one of the largest online gaming communities of its kind—adds product intuition and a knack for scaling user-facing systems. A University of York computer science graduate, he thrives at the intersection of systems design, data storage, and operational reliability. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic technologist who moves quickly from prototype to production while keeping developer experience and maintainability front of mind.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bancroft's SchoolBachelor of Engineering - BEng Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Computer Science at University of York
Github Skills (30)
plugin9
minecraft9
forge9
fabric9
firebase-database8
firebase-storage8
react-firebase-hooks8
firebase-realtime-database8
firebase-authentication8
react-hooks7
docker-image7
sip7
lottery7
firebase7
react7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SEPR4/APirateGame
Nov 2018 - May 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 9 PRs, 81 pushes in 5 months
Rob5Underscores/janus_client_flutter
Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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