David Smith Email & Phone Number

David Smith is a Senior Software Engineer at Babcock at Babcock Australia & New Zealand. Colleagues describe him as "David is that developer you just throw tasks at and they get done. Not the low hanging fruit tasks, the hard tasks that everyone else looks at and hope they don't get. Humbly answering in scrum stand ups 'yeah they'll all done' whilst the room is in awe of what has been achieved. An exceptionally good C++ developer, his skills cover much more than that. Working with PHP, bash scripting and Go, in Windows or Linux, he tackles every task with the same willingness to get it finished. Working well with customers if involved with support, I've had the pleasure to work with David across a number of projects over 2 years. I personally have taking note of his quality of documentation when debugging issue and considered it an honor being able to work with him. David would be a great addition to any team." and "David takes the concept of 'unflappable' to the next level. If Elvis sauntered past his desk, David would offer a cup of tea, work out whether he needed to provide any other assistance, and then get straight back on task; he takes changing circumstances and priorities in his stride. David is a patient polyglot that came into the team at just the right time to help us with development and support priorities in products that included components in C++, Javascript/Angular, PHP, Bash, and Go amongst other languages. He was able to leverage his excellent C++ development skillset to take on the challenges associated with each project, with the bare minimum of guidance and direction. He was comfortable in both waterfall and agile development methodologies, and integrated easily into our internal build, QA and comms environment requirements. I enjoyed working with David, and although he'll leave a hole in our capabilities, his contributions while he was with us have been, and will continue to be valued, for a long time to come."

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  University Of Adelaide

  Mathematics And Computer Science