Ciaron Howell
Senior Software Engineer at STFC
Runcorn, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCiaron Howell is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years' experience building research-oriented and automation software, currently working at STFC after progressing from Research Software Engineer. He blends academic rigour from a BSc in Computer Science at the University of Liverpool with hands-on robotics and automation experience at Astech, shipping practical, production-ready solutions. Comfortable in both research and applied engineering contexts, he focuses on puzzle-like problems and pushing technical boundaries. An active GitHub presence and background in research software suggest strong reproducibility and tooling instincts beyond typical application development. Based in Runcorn, UK, he brings a pragmatic, curious approach to complex engineering challenges.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC Software Development, Computer Science, Distinction *(star), Distinction *(star), Distinction, BTEC Software Development, Computer Science, Distinction *(star), Distinction *(star), Distinction at West Cheshire CollegeBachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science at University of Liverpool
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Github Skills (56)
json10
fastapi10
python10
json-schema10
async10
polarity10
swagger10
keyboard10
redoc10
swagger-ui10
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rest10
starlette10
pydantic10
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
stfc/openday-heatmap
May 2023 - Mar 2025
A heatmap for the Daresbury Openday.
Contributions:15 PRs, 25 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 10 months
heatmap
CiaronHowell/poseidon-bot
Nov 2017 - Nov 2022
Discord bot for administration and other util services
Contributions:81 commits, 67 PRs, 88 pushes in 5 years
discord-bot
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