Summary
Daniel Key is a DRIVE Engineering Lead and seasoned data engineer with 11 years’ experience designing infrastructure and pipelines for large, complex datasets across healthcare, finance, broadcasting and research. Based in London, he has progressed from data engineering roles at UCL and Imperial College to leading DRIVE at Great Ormond Street Hospital, blending hands-on engineering with operational leadership in clinical environments. He excels at building reliable data ecosystems—databases, ETL, and orchestration—that support analytics and research, while focusing on processes that nurture data quality and reuse. Known for a keen analytical mind, he applies his technical skills with a clear commitment to social good, translating domain complexity into auditable, production-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computing, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Computing at Imperial College London