I've had a slightly unusual career path for a Data Engineer - after university (MPhys and PhD in Physics) I went into software development in aerospace and defence. After about 5 years there I took a step to the side to manage the data warehouse when a vacancy came up and I found my niche - data!

Next I took a jump into the unknown to a fintech startup where I spent 4 1/2 great years building out the data lake from scratch, but as the company grew the so did the role and it no longer fit what I wanted to do. 

But by then I knew data and start-ups were where I have the most fun, and the most to contribute.

I started at Cloudsmith in early 2025 as the data team was expanding and love nothing more than getting stuck in with the fun and challenges of an ever growing data platform.