Robert Kenny
Lead Software Engineer at Wellcome Trust
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobert Kenny is a Lead Software Engineer based in London with 14 years of experience building reliable, privacy-conscious web systems across major news and research organisations. He has progressed from hands-on testing and web development at the BBC and Amnesty to senior engineering and management roles at The Guardian and Wellcome Trust, now leading engineering efforts at Wellcome. Robert blends front-end and back-end expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like The Guardian’s frontend and Rubygems—with a pragmatic focus on testing, secure HTTPS/SSL, and consent-aware commercial modules. Colleagues describe him as a collaborative builder who prefers shipping useful things with teams, and his background in AI-focused computer science hints at a methodical, analytical approach to problem solving.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
1st, Computer Science w/Artificial Intelligence, 1st, Computer Science w/Artificial Intelligence at Royal Holloway, U. of London
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Github Skills (11)
testing10
javascript10
front-end-development10
consent-management10
openssl10
ruby10
typescript-types9
typescript9
typescripts9
configuration-management9
react8
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/frontend
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
The Guardian DotCom.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 37 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Robert focused on updating tests within the `guardian/frontend` repository to align with a new consent state implementation. Their work involved modifying test files, particularly within the `youtube-player.spec.ts`, `dfp-api.spec.ts`, `third-party-tags.spec.ts`, `initial-consent-state.spec.ts`, and `build-page-targeting.spec.ts` files, to correctly handle consent-related logic for different privacy frameworks. Additionally, the user addressed changes related to the "use null when framework undefined" and merging in updates from main branch. These changes suggest a focus on ensuring the commercial modules adapt to consent management.
productionguardian
ruby/rubygems
May 2013 - May 2013
Library packaging and distribution for Ruby.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:8 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Robert's contributions primarily involve enhancing the Rubygems project's HTTPS and SSL functionality. They added tests related to SSL client certificate authentication, including configuration options and connection tests. The user also modified existing test files and configurations, troubleshooting and refining the setup for secure HTTPS connections with certificates, as well as testing the invalid cert connection scenario.
rubyrubygemspackage-manager
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