Daniel Harris
Senior Software Engineer at HID
Blackwood, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDaniel Harris is a Senior Software Engineer and PhD in Computer Science with 8 years of experience building embedded Linux services, cloud infrastructure, and high-performance distributed systems. He specialises in Rust, C++, and Terraform, and has repeatedly bridged research and production—publishing a PhD on virtual reality data visualisation for cyber security while migrating enterprise systems to Azure and architecting IPC and microservice standards. Comfortable across industry, academia, and large-scale cloud environments, Daniel focuses on robust, scalable architectures, CI/CD automation, and mentoring teams to improve delivery. Based in Blackwood, Wales, he brings a rare combination of hands-on embedded engineering and cloud-native infrastructure expertise, often turning research insights into practical, deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Virtual Reality Data Visualisation for Cyber Security, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Virtual Reality Data Visualisation for Cyber Security at University of South WalesIT Level 3 Extended Diploma, IT Level 3 Extended Diploma at Crosskeys College
Github Skills (72)
embedded-software10
windows10
command-palette10
cmsis10
platformio10
debugging10
unit-testing10
ide10
esp826610
powertoys10
arduino10
azure9
terraform9
firmware9
esp329
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
danieljharris/FIESTA
May 2021 - Nov 2023
Free-roaming Immersive Environment to Support Team-based Analysis
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 6 months
roamingpythonteam-supportimmersive
danieljharris/PARSEC
Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
A collaborative virtual reality application for visualising network connections
Contributions:5 releases, 36 PRs, 119 pushes in 2 years 7 months
virtual-realitycyber-securitycybersecuritydata-visualisationdata-visualization
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