Summary
Ben Bourne is a software engineer with eight years' experience at BAE Systems, who pivoted from an M.Sc. in Chemistry to build full-stack and back-end systems for sensitive domains. He has delivered React/GraphQL front ends, Neo4j-backed social-analogue platforms, and Dockerised Java Spring Boot microservices connected via Kafka and Postgres for immigration data processing. He’s integrated pre-trained ML models and used computer vision libraries for document processing, and holds security clearance from working on classified projects. Comfortable in Agile/Scrum teams, he pairs practical engineering skills—testing, CI/CD, Git—with an appetite for specialising further in machine learning and AI. Based in England, he brings a scientific mindset to problem solving and a track record of translating domain complexity into secure, production-ready services.
8 years of coding experience
A level, Chemistry A, Biology A, Geography A, A level, Chemistry A, Biology A, Geography A at Alexandra Park Secondary School
M.Sc, Chemistry, M.Sc, Chemistry at University of York