Tim Bennett

Tim Bennett has a diverse work history spanning over several companies and roles. Tim started their career at Morgan Stanley as a Technology Analyst Intern in 2008 and later worked as a Technology Analyst Intern in Prime Brokerage the following year. In 2010, they became a Technology Associate at Morgan Stanley until 2012.

Following their time at Morgan Stanley, Tim Bennett joined Mind Candy in 2012 as a Software Engineer and later became a Senior Data Engineer. At Mind Candy, they built shared services for various projects, including an AB Testing platform and an Identity service. Tim also played a key role in rebuilding the eventing pipeline to handle high volumes of daily events.

In 2016, Tim Bennett moved to Sky as a Senior Software Engineer on a contract basis. Their responsibilities included building micro-services to support Sky TV using Scala/Java, Akka, and Spray. Tim managed services in a clustered environment and worked with Docker, Docker Swarm, Consul, and replicated MongoDB.

From 2017 to 2018, Tim Bennett took a break and embarked on their own projects as a backpacker. Tim then joined Equal Experts in 2019 as a Scala Developer on a contract basis. Tim currently works with HMRC in Bristol, building and maintaining shared micro-services and libraries using technologies such as Scala, Play, MongoDB, Kubernetes, and AWS.

Before their corporate career, Tim Bennett worked as an English Teacher at Educastream from 2007 to 2008. Tim has proven experience in various roles, highlighting their strong technical skills and ability to adapt to different environments.

Tim Bennett obtained a 1st Class MEng (Hons) degree in Computer Science from UCL, where they studied from 2006 to 2010. In addition to their formal education, Tim has also obtained several certifications, including an Android Developer Nanodegree from Udacity in October 2016. Tim also completed various online courses such as "Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1" from Coursera in December 2015, "Introduction To Philosophy" from Coursera in November 2015, "Principles of Reactive Programming" from Coursera in January 2014, "Introduction to Guitar" from Coursera in June 2013, and "Functional Programming Principles in Scala" from Coursera in November 2012.