Sam Robson
Senior Software Engineer at GitHub
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam Robson is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years' experience focused on developer infrastructure and continuous integration, currently building platform tooling at GitHub after shaping internal developer experience at GoCardless. He combines a rigorous academic background—an MSc in Computer Science and a First in Philosophy—with hands-on delivery across finance and developer platforms at Nationwide and CoreFiling. Sam specializes in internal tooling that improves developer velocity and reliability, translating complex operational needs into pragmatic CI/CD solutions. Comfortable in both startup-style and large-org environments, he brings a practical, systems-minded approach to improving developer workflows. Known for quietly driving cross-team improvements, he pairs technical depth with an ability to simplify developer pain points into repeatable, scalable processes.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy, First, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Philosophy, First at University of WarwickMSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at University of Bristol
Github Skills (73)
github-advanced-security10
codeql10
security10
infrastructure10
dx10
microservices10
service-catalog10
semmle-ql10
plugin10
backstage10
scanning10
stolon9
pgbouncer9
gocardless9
github-api9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
sam-robson/terraform-provider-github
May 2023 - Jun 2023
Terraform GitHub provider
Contributions:12 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
sam-robson/roadie-backstage-plugins
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:9 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
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