Timothy Clark

Software Engineer

Biography

Timothy Clark is a Software Engineer working in fintech who writes about cybersecurity, supporting people in their defence against the dark arts. He chairs the BCS Early Careers executive and the BCS Preston & District branch, and is a freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists.

He has a quarterly column on “Practical Security” in the BCS IT Now magazine, and has built a range of software from internal banking systems and applications to a website for Saint Paul’s Cathedral. He studied Computer Science at Lancaster University, where he founded the BCS Student Chapter and established the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant scheme in the Computing department. In 2020 he won the WCIT Gold University IT Award for contributions to extra-curricular activity at Lancaster.

Interests

Cyber Security
Education
Machine Learning

Education

BSc Computer Science, 2020
Lancaster University

Skills

JavaScript

Python

Go

Docker

WordPress

SQL

Experience

Full-Stack Developer

Starling Bank

Jan 2023 – Present London, UK

Full-Stack Software Engineer

Cape

Jan 2022 – Sep 2022 Remote, UK

Worked collaboratively in a team distributed over 3 timezones to deliver on key stories for a React frontend and C# backend. Additionally provided advice and training on cyber security, to encourage a strong security culture.

Software Engineer

Darktrace

Jul 2020 – Dec 2021 Cambridge, UK

Worked in the innovation team with Docker, Python and JavaScript to develop new cyber security products.

Teaching Assistant

Lancaster University

Feb 2019 – Jun 2020 Lancaster, UK

I organised and delivered lectures covering programming, game development and numerous revision topics. I also taught on the following modules:

SCC.110: Software Development
SCC.120: Fundamentals of Computer Science
SCC.130: Information Systems
SCC.201: Databases

Peer Assisted Study Session Coordinator

Lancaster University

Nov 2018 – Jun 2020 Lancaster, UK

Involved in the initial planning of the scheme, and the delivery of training sessions to incoming PASS Leaders.

Research Assistant

Lancaster University

Aug 2019 – Jun 2020 Lancaster, UK

Over the summer of 2019, I took an undergraduate research assistant position, jointly supervised by Paul Rayson and John Vidler. I developed an application that used NLP techniques to build a graph-based overview of SCC modules so that the relationships between them can be identified.

Accomplishments

The Modern React Bootcamp

Udemy Jan 2022

Covering a wide range of React features through 10+ projects including a large application. Topics include Hooks, Context, NextJS, and Router.

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WCIT University IT Award

The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ Feb 2020

Selected for the Gold Award from five Silver Award winners, for outstanding contribution to extra-curricular activities at Lancaster University.

The Lancaster Award - Gold

Lancaster University Dec 2019

Graded Excellent, the Lancaster Award highlights students who have shown outstanding merit beyond the curriculum in getting involved with university societies, colleges and part-time work.

How to Program Games

Udemy Aug 2019

Teaching games programming with a classic tile-based approach and covering core gameplay for several genres.

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JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass

Udemy Jan 2019

Covering a huge number of algorithms and essential data structures, along with some advanced concepts.

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The Web Developer Bootcamp

Udemy Aug 2018

Covering HTML, CSS, JS, Node, and several other fundamentals of web development.

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