Heather Whyte

Learn a little about me.

Welcome!

By day, I'm a software engineer, splitting my time between managing an awesome team and getting hands-on with Java, microservices, and all the backend tools that pull them together. After years studying finance and working in operations around the world, I am currently focused on growing and improving the distributed microservice system at Landbay, a FinTech start-up here in London.

By night, I spend my time as an amateur zoologist and aspirational language learner (lockdown will be over eventually, right?)
A very red picture of me

Work

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Java, Spring Boot, Python
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  • Microservices, REST APIs, and Messaging (RabbitMQ)
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  • Database management, including MySQL, RDBMS, Elasticsearch, and Hibernate
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  • Working in the AWS ecosystem (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, Route 53, etc.)
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  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
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  • Dependency management with Maven and Gradle
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  • Quality code with solid testing using JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber
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  • Agile Methodologies, Scrum, and Jira

LEADING PEOPLE

Software Engineering Team Lead


London, UK

People Operations Manager


Edmonton, Canada

Country Director


Kigali, Rwanda

Director of Talent Management


Mexico City, Mexico
See my LinkedIn for more about my work history.

Words

CodingNomads Tech Talk: Intro to Microservices

 Have you wanted to learn about microservices, but didn't know what to ask? Here I sit down with Ryan from CodingNomads bootcamp to introduce the new developers to the basics of microservices and software architecture.

What Do You Mean I Can't Google It? - Search for Microservices

 An overview of how we built and evolved our search microservice at Landbay, using Elasticsearch, custom indices, and event-driven messaging design patterns. First presented at muCon London 2019, organised by Skills Matter.

Engineering a Better Interviewer

 Interviewing people isn’t easy, so to help, I go over some useful design patterns (and anti-patterns!) for technical people to become better interviewers.

Why Every Startup Needs People Operations. Yes, Even You.

 In my first ever Medium article, I open up about my love of data and numbers, and how I (and you!) can leverage that to make better decisions and create a better work environment.
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Connect with me on Twitter or send me an old-fashioned email at heather.b.whyte@gmail.com.