Katy Preston
Principal Software Engineer at Leonardo
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKaty Preston is a Principal Software Engineer based in Edinburgh with eight years of experience progressing through technical roles at Leonardo from technician to principal engineer. Trained originally as a dentist at Newcastle University, she brings exceptional attention to detail, calm decision-making under pressure, and strong communication skills honed in clinical settings. After retraining at CodeClan, Katy has applied disciplined problem-solving and rapid learning to deliver reliable software in a mission-driven engineering environment. She excels at bridging practical operational needs with robust engineering solutions, mentoring teammates and scaling responsibilities across projects. Unusually for an engineer, her background includes domiciliary patient care, reflecting a pragmatic empathy that informs how she designs user-focused systems.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Dental Surgey (BDS) , Dentistry, Bachelor of Dental Surgey (BDS) , Dentistry at Newcastle UniversitySoftware Development, Software Development at CodeClanA Levels , Biology, Chemistry, Physics, A Levels , Biology, Chemistry, Physics at Merchant Taylors School for Girls
Github Skills (3)
mongodb5
javascript4
restful4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
luisfta17/Planet_Nine
Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
CodeClan JavaScript Group project, using Restful routes, API, MongoDB, Pub/Sub pattern, Express.
Contributions:25 commits, 25 pushes, 4 branches in 4 days
javascriptmongodbrestful
KatyPreston/JurassicParkJavaProject
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:56 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
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