Suzanne Hamilton
Technical Lead at Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSuzanne Hamilton is a Technical Lead based in London with 13 years of experience building and directing reliable back-end systems for public-sector and civic technology. She has progressed from software engineer roles at Softwire to developer work at The National Archives and leadership positions at Citizens Advice and the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, blending hands-on coding with team and delivery ownership. Her practical contributions include back-end fixes and integrations for the widely used alphagov/whitehall repo—adding CSV importers for HMCTS forms and hardening link-checking to handle admin URLs and large uploads. Trained as a chemist with a DPhil from Oxford and an MSci from Cambridge, she brings a researcher's attention to validation and data integrity in production systems. Known for quietly improving robustness and maintainability, she pairs technical depth with an appreciation for government-facing user needs.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil, Physical Chemistry, DPhil, Physical Chemistry at University of OxfordMSci (Hons), Natural Sciences (Chemistry), MSci (Hons), Natural Sciences (Chemistry) at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (9)
csv-parsing10
rails10
datagovuk10
csv-parse10
ruby-on-rails10
databases8
rspec8
interaction8
database8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/whitehall
Dec 2016 - Mar 2018
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:62 commits, 55 PRs, 132 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Suzanne primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the Whitehall repository, with a focus on fixing bugs related to date validation and updating placeholder values. They also worked on specifying document types for static pages and integrating HMCTS forms by implementing a CSV importer. Further contributions include enhancements to the link checker service to handle admin URLs and prevent blocking due to large file uploads.
govgovuk-publishing-frontendgovukgovernmentcontainer
nationalarchives/tdr-local-aws
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
Emulate TDR's backend file checks so that developers can run a purely local development environment
Contributions:4 reviews, 16 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 2 months
local-developmenttdrjavascriptemulatebackend
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