Microservice Team

Mark Allan

Technical Lead

I lead a team of developers, mostly specialising the micro-services that do the backend work to power the Arrakis ecosystem. I offer technical consultation, coding, and mentoring of less senior software developers.

My Role at Nexus Alpha

I am a father to two young boys and they keep me very busy when outside of work (and sometimes inside of work). If I get spare time I enjoy cycling, running or walking. I am a big football fan, too old to play now, but enjoying watching.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

Many of the people who built the technology we use every day and love started out by playing games. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the co-founders of Apple, were teenagers when their coding careers took off with the creation of the game Breakout.

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Raghav Aggarwal

Software Developer

Backend developer in C# and Front-end developer in angular with typescript.

My Role at Nexus Alpha

Travelling, hiking, Photography, watching sports and astronomy.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

NASA was a dream job as a kid but school physics ruined it!

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Luke Branscombe

Apprentice Software Developer

I started my apprenticeship at Nexus Alpha in late 2021 in Software Development. My role consists of creating and maintaining services to support our products and Test Department. In my apprenticeship role I am also completing a university degree in Digital and Technical Solutions at the University of West London.

My Role at Nexus Alpha

Outside of work I enjoy going on walks with my friends, playing video games and listen to music.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

Andrew Hawker

Senior Software Engineer
(He/Him)

I have been working at Nexus Alpha since 2007 and have been involved in a large number of interesting and varied projects during that time. Initially I worked on the Tyrell IO system, building a number of NEAT forms including the TOC and NR Route Incident templates. More recently I have been working on back end micro-services for Arrakis, IMS and Arrakis CX.

My Role at Nexus Alpha

I am a huge motorsports fan and enjoy attending events at Brands Hatch and other venues.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

The first time I saw Lewis Hamilton race, he was 8 and driving a cadet kart at Buckmore Park (he won, despite being 4th with half a lap to go!)

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Lawrence Sentance

Software Developer

My Role at Nexus Alpha

I started at Nexus Alpha in 2019 as a Software Developer. My role is creating and maintaining backend services that support our products including the Arrakis App and Portal. I have also taken on a mentorship role with an apprentice software developer who is completing a university degree whilst working with us.

I am quite interested in sports although I tend to spend more time watching them than playing them these days. I mostly watch football and F1 although I am always up for a game or two of bowling or darts.

What do you enjoy doing outside of work?

I have a black belt in Taekwondo.

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