Charlie Howes
Senior Software Engineer (Contract) at Betika
Chichester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCharlie Howes is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of professional experience building backend systems across fintech and payments, currently contracting at Betika while also founding and directing Howes Solutions Ltd. He progressed through senior engineering roles at Banked and American Express, shipping services in Java and Go and focusing on reliable, scalable APIs for financial platforms. Based in Chichester and completing a BSc in Computer Science, he blends academic grounding with hands-on production experience and a pragmatic approach to team delivery. Notably, he has shifted between established enterprise environments and fast-moving startups, giving him a track record of adapting practices to suit both rigorous governance and rapid product iterations.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The Blandford SchoolBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at University of BrightonComputing, Computing at Brockenhurst College
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Github Skills (12)
message-queue9
edge-computing9
messaging9
cloud-computing9
native-messaging9
golang9
nats-server9
message-bus9
go8
distributed-systems8
cloud-native8
embedded-language3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ch629/.dotfiles
Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:84 commits, 22 PRs, 92 pushes in 1 year 4 months
ch629/go-irc-kafka
Jul 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:10 PRs, 59 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 6 months
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