Simon Allen
Director, Software Engineering at TransPerfect
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Allen is a seasoned software engineering leader with 12 years of industry experience and a decade-plus track record designing data collection and ML-focused tooling for clients including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Ford and Amazon. Now a Director of Software Engineering, he combines hands-on C/C++, Go and Python development with operational mastery of large-scale PostgreSQL/Aurora systems and Linux infrastructure. He pioneered Appen’s integrated crowdsourced data collection platform—now a core product—while also leading complex government and commercial projects that required creative, sometimes unconventional field solutions. Simon still spends a large portion of his day coding and architecting solutions, keeping technical rigor central to his leadership style. He’s an active open-source contributor and pragmatic mentor who has materially improved team retention and operational efficiency in fast-moving, billion-dollar environments. Based in Sydney, he blends low-level systems expertise (audio, filesystems, drivers) with cloud-native service design to deliver reliable data pipelines for ML.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Digital Systems Security, Distinction/High Distinction average, Computer Science, Digital Systems Security, Distinction/High Distinction average at University of WollongongEngadine High School
some experience with german
Github Skills (102)
visual-studio10
phonetics10
python-scripts10
editor10
music10
electron10
typescript10
rainmeter10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
wikipedia9
youtube9
linux9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
garfunkel/dng
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:14 commits, 3 pushes in 17 days
garfunkel/go-tvdb
May 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 9 months
golanggolang-librarythetvdbgolang-modulesexy
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