Kirsty Allen

Senior Software Engineer · Real-time systems · WebSockets

London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)

9+ years experience

University of Oxford

English, Spanish

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Overview

I work on real-time systems at BP in London. Grew the real-time team from 5 to 13 engineers. Led the migration of 27 services to Go. Most at home with Redis and Elixir.

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Questions about real-time systems
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Skills

GoErlang/OTPElixirlow-latency systemsRedisWebSockets

LearningLearning something

closes in 3 months

Looking for feedback on my portfolio from someone in developer tools

Goal: Get good enough at Elixir to own it at work.
Where I am now: Beginner
Ideal mentor: Someone who has worked in real-time systems for a few years
Cadence: Every two weeks
What I can offer back: Testing and feedback on your projects

9 years in so far. Looking for honest feedback, once or twice a month.

London, UKgorediserlang/otp

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Experience

Senior Software Engineer
Dec 2022 - Present
BP · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · London, UK
- Led the migration of 63 services to Go.
- Reduced cloud spend on real-time by 21% in two quarters.
Software Engineer
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
Just Eat Takeaway · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · London, UK
- Wrote the Elixir service that now handles 49 million requests a day.
Software Engineer
Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
Intercom · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · London, UK
- Wrote the Elixir service that now handles 21 million requests a day.
- Shipped 6 launches on the real-time team without a rollback.

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Education

University of Oxford
BA, Mathematics
2013 - 2016

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