Daniel Childs
Lead Software Engineer at Capital One
Greater Nottingham United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDaniel Childs is a lead software engineer and principal technologist with 11 years of professional experience delivering production systems across energy, health, AI and government transformation programs. He combines hands-on engineering—from embedded C for vibration sensors and micron-precision robotic metrology to Python and cloud-native services—with technical leadership, shaping architecture, delivery culture and client roadmaps. He has led award-winning government digital services, built global wind-turbine monitoring platforms, and helped startups and consultancies scale their engineering practices. Comfortable in both startup and enterprise contexts, he moves projects from MVP to release while mentoring teams and representing organisations publicly through workshops and explanatory content. A practical problem-solver, he pairs domain-crossing experience (from ANPR-based EV charger reservation systems to detecting generated text) with a knack for translating complex engineering into clear client outcomes. Based in Nottingham, he brings a rare blend of embedded systems pedigree and modern cloud/AI delivery expertise.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Nottingham Trent University
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Github Skills (67)
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Github contributions (5)
webbiscuit/ThinkStats2
Sep 2016 - Nov 2023
Text and supporting code for Think Stats, 2nd Edition
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 3 months
thinkupstreamrefactoringstatssupporting
webbiscuit/haskell-adventure
Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
Haskell your own adventure! Parse, play and analyse gamebooks from text files.
Contributions:62 commits, 6 PRs, 31 pushes in 2 years 3 months
haskell
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