Rowan

Technically versatile software engineer and entrepreneurial co-founder with a background in high-performance systems, offensive security, and full-stack development. Deep technical breadth across low-level systems programming in Rust and scalable automation in Python, complemented by a unique academic foundation in Computer Science and Philosophy.

Experience

Co-Founder @ Flippify.io

Jun 2024 – Jan 2025

Harrogate, UK

  • Co-founded and served as Founding Engineer for a platform facilitating automated inventory and order management for large-scale e-commerce retailers.
  • Engineered an autonomous product acquisition system utilizing statistical and computational models to source high-margin inventory via direct eBay API integration.
  • Managed end-to-end platform infrastructure, focusing on reliability and automated data processing using Linux bare-metal environments.
  • Developed comprehensive accountancy and store management functionality to streamline operations for high-volume retailers.

Education

BA Philosophy and Computer Science

Jan 2025 – Dec 2028

University College London

  • Dual degree covering Principles of Programming, Algorithms, Theory of Computation, and the Philosophy of Computer Science.
  • Outreach Ambassador for the Computer Science and Arts & Humanities departments.

A-Levels

Sep 2022 – Jun 2024

Harrogate Grammar School

  • A*A*A* in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Computer Science.
  • Chairman of the RKLT Youth Board, leading regional initiatives for a multi-academy trust overseeing 10,000+ students.

Achievements

Bounty Winner — Encode London Hackathon

2025

Developed "Hatchr," a Startup-as-a-Service platform automating web app generation and marketing strategies.

Finalist — Agentverse Hackathon

2025

Led a five-person team to build "Emergent," an AI-driven natural disaster simulator and geo-news aggregator.

Semi-finalist — Imperial Financial Technology Hackathon

2025

Ranked in the top 6 teams for developing a proof-of-concept anti-misinformation platform.

Honorable Mention — MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge

2024

Ranked in the top 3% of 655 international teams for applying statistical models to property supply and homelessness policy. Each team member awarded a scholarship fund towards university.

Projects

Beinn-Tarsuinn

Custom firewall solution for managing network traffic and security protocols.

RustNetworkingSecurity

Caisteal-Abhail

High-performance web server emphasizing systems-level efficiency and safety.

RustSystems

Olympus

Proxy scraper API for scalable data collection.

PythonFastAPIRedisMongoDB

Ampato

Simulation environment for modelling complex system behaviors.

RustSimulation

Skills

Languages

RustPythonCHaskellMATLABTypeScriptJavaScriptHTML/CSS

Frontend

React.jsNext.jsThree.js

Infrastructure

RedisMongoDBPostgreSQLLinuxBare-metalDevOps

Domains

Systems EngineeringOffensive SecurityDefensive SecurityE-commerce Automation