Summary
Paul Coonan is a senior software engineering leader with 13 years’ experience building and delivering risk and sports trading systems across Paddy Power Betfair, Flutter Entertainment and now FanDuel. He combines hands-on development roots in .NET and Agile delivery with strategic leadership of multidisciplinary teams, scaling model frameworks and global sports technology capabilities. His background in civil engineering and transport project management gives him a practical systems-thinking approach to complex operational problems and stakeholder coordination. Known for turning trading and risk requirements into reliable production software, he excels at bridging quant models, engineering delivery and business needs across high-pressure live operations.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PG Dip, Project Management, PG Dip, Project Management at Trinity College Dublin
Higher Diploma in Science in Computing, ICT, Higher Diploma in Science in Computing, ICT at Dublin Business School
BE, Civil Engineering, BE, Civil Engineering at University College Dublin