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Shiloh Alleyne

@shilohalleyne

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I am a software developer focused on functional programming and machine learning.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I seek collaborative, research-friendly teams where I can apply functional programming, strong type systems and machine learning to build robust backend systems, developer tooling and pipelines while contributing to open-source and technical growth.

I am a highly numerate software developer with an MSc in Bioinformatics and a BSc in Biochemistry, experienced building production systems at Gallagher Re as a Junior Quantitative Developer. I specialise in functional programming (Haskell, Gleam), systems programming in Rust, and full‑stack development with Python, Java and TypeScript, and I contribute to open-source projects such as the Bluefin effect library.

My MSc research produced a multinomial gene classification pipeline using R and Tidymodels, and I enjoy designing robust pipelines, developer tooling, CLIs, and high-performance systems. I look for collaborative teams where I can apply strong type systems, machine learning and functional techniques to challenging problems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Bookkeeper

Current

Turtle Tots Ascot and Bracknell

Jan 2017 - Present (8 years 9 months)

Managed accounts for the family business, maintaining detailed financial records, reconciliations, and improving organizational accuracy.

Bookkeeping Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Reconciliations Attention To Detail Excel

Current

Theatrical Technician

Current

Wilde Theatre

Aug 2010 - Present (15 years 2 months)

Operated lighting and technical equipment for multiple productions at the Wilde Theatre, enhancing technical theatre skills and cross-team coordination.

Light Technical Theatre Teamwork Stage Operations Equipment Maintenance

Junior Quantitative Developer

Gallagher Re

Sep 2023 - Aug 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Developed and maintained Gallagher Re’s in-house financial modeling platform iFM, delivering APIs and data-processing tools and improving platform reliability across full-stack components.

Python Java JavaScript TypeScript SQL APIs Full Stack Machine Learning

Bartender

Belvedere Arms

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023 (11 months)

Served as bartender at Belvedere Arms, reinforcing teamwork and customer-service skills while executing high-volume shifts.

Customer Service Teamwork Communication Time Management

Writer

SequenceSever

Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year)

Authored technical blog posts for SequenceSever, strengthening command-line proficiency and science communication for a technical audience.

Technical Writing Linux Command Line Python Bioinformatics Communication

Bartender

Club 1 Ascot

Aug 2019 - Sep 2021 (2 years 1 month)

Worked as bartender at Club 1 Ascot, developing the ability to perform under pressure and improving interpersonal and communication skills.

Customer Service Communication Teamwork Conflict Resolution Time Management

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Queen Mary University of London

Master of Science, Bioinformatics

2021 - 2022

Grade: 2-1

Activities and societies: Researched multinomial gene classification (~19,000 genes) using an ensemble of models (Tidymodels) and developed/maintained bioinformatics pipelines using R and Python; experience with Linux/HPC.

Completed an MSc in Bioinformatics with a research project on multinomial gene classification using Tidymodels in R, developing and maintaining a bioinformatics pipeline.

University of East London

Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry

2018 - 2021

Grade: 2-1

Activities and societies: Final-year project retrieving proteomes from UniProt, parsing hypothetical proteins and searching for efflux pump consensus sequences using Python and Biopython; gained data-handling and analytical skills.

Earned a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry with a final-year bioinformatics project developing a protocol to identify bacterial efflux pump components from proteomes using Python.