Robin Sheat is a seasoned software developer with 18 years of experience building scalable web systems and applications, currently contributing at Booking.com from Amsterdam. He brings deep practical knowledge across Perl, Java, SQL and Linux, plus hands-on expertise in deployment and automation with Puppet and shell scripting. His background includes library systems work on Koha—where he also managed Debian packaging—alongside Java architecture and data-mining projects that blend industry practice with academic rigour. Comfortable across back-end, desktop and systems administration domains, he has a track record of maintaining and migrating complex production services. Collected academic training in computer science, physics, mathematics and classical studies informs a methodical, analytical approach to problem solving. Known for pragmatic open-source engagement, he favors durable, well-architected solutions over flashy one-offs.
18 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Science; Postgraduate Diploma; BSc, Computer Science; Classical Studies; Physics and Mathematics, Masters of Science; Postgraduate Diploma; BSc, Computer Science; Classical Studies; Physics and Mathematics at University of Otago
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