Anthony Bennett

An experienced, detail-aware computer scientist combining strong project management, leadership and communication skills with professional programming experience. Extensive commercial and business understanding.

Skills

Python

C/C++

C#

Java/Kotlin

PHP

SQL

JavaScript/TypeScript

Excel

FastAPI

Django

AI/ML

React

Tauri

Language agnostic; capable in TypeScript, Rust, and can pick up new languages in days.

Work History

Senior Developer & Technical Lead

COMPU-J LTD. - LONDON

Architect and deliver bespoke enterprise solutions specialising in AI-enhanced business applications and advanced data processing. Primarily lead the development of proprietary technologies from conception through deployment, transforming market research and financial analysis workflows, designing elegant UI/UX frontends, maintaining robust web and mobile applications alongside internal tooling for an international client portfolio.

Technical Lead

POLYGLOTME - EXETER

Led the creation of an education platform from start to completion that provides language training to students partnering with UK universities to subsidise tutor costs. Guided the founders through early business decisions. Initiated the programming and led a team of contract developers abroad using Django with Docker plus WebRTC for video calls. Launched to 300 users with 500+ paid tutor sessions in the first month. Conducted job interviews over 3 months for long-term employees using my ability to quickly assess IT candidates.

Developer, technical consultant

FYGO - DURHAM

Provided oversight to a team developing a financial technology platform enabling easier cashback for students via newer technologies such as open banking. I chose Django as a stack which well suited the scale of the companys project. Programmed with the team for 5 months during the pandemic, worked on team building and ensuring a uniform codebase.

Education & Projects

Education

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Masters in Computer Science

2018 – 2022

  • Computing Society Events Manager 2019
  • Vice President 2021

ST PAUL'S SCHOOL, LONDON

2013 – 2018

A-Levels: Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics

GCSEs: 11 subjects

Academic Projects

Group Software Development

Project at University of Exeter, building a web app from the ground up with Python Flask to track live locations of hundreds of student phones' live locations for a geocaching style game, broadcasting them all to each other in real-time.

Independent Research Project

Master's year dissertation, developing encryption software for lightweight computing devices as part of the NIST-LWC competition, implementing C within a Kotlin environment using JNI to encrypt and decrypt authorised data using novel cryptographic algorithms.