Philip Healy

Philip Healy

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Developer for 20+ years. Experienced with Java, Scala, Python, JS...
Developer for 20+ years. Experienced with Java, Scala, Python, JS...

Hi there! I've been a software developer for over 20 years now. During that time I have worked on all kinds of projects using many different languages. Highlights include:

  • A telemedicine research project at a university. I created a remote monitoring system for EEG data using C++, Flex and Java.

  • Big Data projects for large banks (Bank of America and Lloyds Banking Group) using Java, Scala and Python.

  • I was CTO for a startup. We created a service for 3D rendering in the Cloud using Java and Ruby.

  • I have worked on a number of web projects using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

  • I currently work as a senior backend engineer for Zyte. We operate a large-scale web data extraction service. The service has a microservices architecture hosted on Kubernetes, with different components written in Java, Scala or Python.

I also work on hobby projects in my free time. This gives me an opportunity to play with cool tech that I don't get to use at my day job. Examples are:

  • Learning Clojure, because I always wanted to learn a LISP dialect. I created a number of small projects, including PRs to Open Source projects. I also created a website using ClojureScript.

  • I am currently working a website and backend using JavaScript, TypeScript, React and NodeJS. I'm loving working with TypeScript - it's a fun and powerful language.

  • Next on my to-do list: learn Rust.

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Joined May 2021
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20 years experience
Java has been my "go to" language since I first learned it at college. I have used it for all kinds of projects, from enterprise web apps...
Java has been my "go to" language since I first learned it at college. I have used it for all kinds of projects, from enterprise web apps to cloud services and Big Data pipelines.
10 years experience
I have been coding in Python since the early 2000s. Initially I used it as a scripting/glue language. More recently I have used it to cre...
I have been coding in Python since the early 2000s. Initially I used it as a scripting/glue language. More recently I have used it to create Django applications and microservice components. I have also used PySpark for Big Data projects.
Django
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Django
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10 years experience
I have used JavaScript on and off for many years. Originally, I used JQuery to enhance websites that I was working on. More recently, I h...
I have used JavaScript on and off for many years. Originally, I used JQuery to enhance websites that I was working on. More recently, I have created a full Single Page Appliction using React, with a NodeJS backend. The recent ES6 enhancements to JS have made it a much nicer language to work with.
1 year experience
I am currently working on a TypeScript Single Page Application in my free time. It's a great language to work with - very powerful but al...
I am currently working on a TypeScript Single Page Application in my free time. It's a great language to work with - very powerful but also fun to work with.
ReduxReact
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ReduxReact
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5 years experience
I have used Scala extensively in corporate environments, usually to create Spark or Kafka Streams applications.
I have used Scala extensively in corporate environments, usually to create Spark or Kafka Streams applications.
1 year experience
I learned Clojure abecause I believed that learn a LISP dialect would make me a better developer. I worked on a number of small projects,...
I learned Clojure abecause I believed that learn a LISP dialect would make me a better developer. I worked on a number of small projects, mostly contributions to Open Source projects. I also created a Single Page Application using ClojureScript and re-frame.
Re frame
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Re frame
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