Saj Issa
Java Developer at UK Biobank
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSaj Issa is a seasoned Java developer with over 11 years' experience building and integrating large-scale Java/JEE systems, specializing in healthcare and genomics platforms. He combines deep backend expertise—Spring, Hibernate, microservices, REST, and cloud tooling—with hands-on DevOps skills including Docker, Jenkins, AWS and Azure to deliver production-grade, regulated systems. Saj has repeatedly led integration efforts for NHS and Genomics England, migrating and cleansing millions of patient records and connecting EPRs via HL7 and OAuth-secured APIs. Comfortable both as a technical lead and a pragmatic individual contributor, he has a track record of automating deployments and packaging complex open-source stacks for clinical research. Based in Leicester with a Computer Science degree from the University of Leicester, he brings a rare mix of GIS, mapping experience and clinical-data domain knowledge that helps bridge technical and medical stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
2:1, Computer Science, 2:1, Computer Science at University of Leicester
English
Github Skills (13)
configurations7
command-line-interface7
azure7
ovirt6
azure-cli6
isolation4
eclipse4
claude4
agentic4
intellij4
ui-elements3
java3
git-workflow2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
NDPH-ARTS/trial-config-service
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:32 PRs, 53 pushes, 5 branches in 7 days
NDPH-ARTS/address-service
Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 38 pushes in 2 months
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