Steve Goossens
Senior Software Engineer at BBC
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteve Goossens is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building and operating large-scale broadcast and internet systems, currently shaping software design and technical architecture at the BBC. He combines deep Linux, virtualization, networking and backend engineering skills with hands-on production support experience, having moved from 2nd-line operations into senior engineering and mentoring roles. At the BBC he has helped deliver the account and personalised-experience backends that serve millions, balancing feature delivery with 24/7 reliability. His academic background in Computer Systems Engineering and an MSc in Computer Games Technology underpins a pragmatic, systems-level approach to solving complex production problems. Colleagues rely on him for clear incident prioritisation and for translating operational realities into maintainable architectures. A longtime hardware tinkerer and reviewer in his earlier career, he brings an unusual blend of low-level systems curiosity and large-scale service engineering.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Systems Engineering, 2.ii (Hons), Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Systems Engineering, 2.ii (Hons) at UMISTGeneral curriculum, General Curriculum, General curriculum, General Curriculum at Belfairs High SchoolMaster of Science (MSc), Computer Games Technology, PgDip, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Games Technology, PgDip at Liverpool John Moores UniversityInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Trinity Episcopal High School
English, French
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Github Skills (148)
api-client10
rest-client10
rest-api10
openapi10
api10
sdk10
rest10
restful-api10
generator10
stubs9
editor9
proxy9
swagger9
openapi-generator9
stash9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
stevegoossens/python-zenoss
Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 2 months
python-moduleapipythonzenoss
bbc/account-policy-service
Aug 2019 - Feb 2020
BBCiD Policy Service
Contributions:4 PRs, 66 pushes, 5 branches in 5 months
policy
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