David Castell

Software developer / development lead / architect / agile coach / project manager

United Kingdom

About

If software development were not my profession it would be my hobby. My passion for building things started as a child with Lego then transitioned to building software. I also have a love of team sports - playing, leading, coaching and facilitating. That mirrors my professional life, where need and opportunity have allowed me to combine or rotate through hands on development, team leading, scrum coaching, architecture and project management. Whilst having that breadth of experience I have a deep knowledge of C++, Python and agile development. My working style reflects the way I lead and coach in sport. That is to adapt to the needs and risks of the task and the capabilities and styles of those I'm working with. I am a strong advocate of agile development - especially the search for value, the servant leadership, high levels of transparency and quick adaptation based on evidence.

Experience

  • Software Developer / team lead / architect / agile coach at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
    Apr 2019 - Nov 2024 · 5 yrs 8 mos

    Software developer, team lead, scrum coach, architect, for hybrid on-prem/cloud news collection and distribution platform. Linux, C++, python, scrum, AWS. This was a continuation of the Thomson Reuters role after LSEG purchased part of what had been Thomson Reuters.

  • Software Developer / team lead / architect / agile coach at Thomson Reuters
    Jan 2013 - Mar 2019 · 6 yrs 3 mos

    Development of distributed, low latency platform for collection and distribution of news and economics indicators. Primarily using C++ for the platform and Python for tools. Hybrid on-prem / AWS system.

  • Development Lead at Thomson Reuters
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 · 2 yrs

    Led a team developing tools for journalists.

  • Thomson Financial (6 yrs)
    • Architect
      Jan 2006 - Dec 2007 · 2 yrs

      Architect for ultra-low latency economics and news distribution system.

    • Dev lead
      Jan 2002 - Dec 2006 · 5 yrs

      Development lead and hands on developer for a market data distribution platform.