Abdirizak Obsiye
Senior Software Developer at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAbdirizak Obsiye is a Senior Software Developer based in London with nine years in public sector technology, currently shaping services at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. He brings hands-on expertise across Ruby, Python, Java, JavaScript and Kotlin and frameworks from Rails and Spring to FastAPI and React/Next.js, with a strong emphasis on testing, deployment and security. His career progression from data analyst and apprentice through multiple roles at the Ministry of Justice to senior positions at HMPPS, the Home Office and DSIT demonstrates steady technical growth and institutional knowledge of government systems. Comfortable across the full stack, he consistently delivers pragmatic, auditable solutions for regulated environments. Colleagues know him as a developer who pairs technical breadth with attention to operational resilience — and as a painter who brings a creative perspective to problem solving outside work.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Leyton Sixth Form College
Stackoverflow
275reputation
189kreached
8answers
43questions
Github Skills (83)
cloud-platform10
backend10
html10
laa-apply10
go10
webservice10
libra10
api9
webapp9
ruby9
mvc9
activerecord9
moj-cloud-platform9
data-api9
explore9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
Obsiye/SoundAttic
Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
alphagov/datagovuk
Apr 2026 - Jul 2026
National Data Library
Contributions:4 reviews, 1 PR, 138 pushes in 3 months
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