Coaches

Here you can find a list of the 3189 volunteers who have coached at codebar.

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Chetan Padia (he/him)

Mostly using Typescript/Javascript with HTML, CSS, Git and Linux. I also have experience with Kotlin, Swift, Java, Clojure, Python and more.

Ayan Azimkulov (He)

I'm a Technical Art Director working in a gaming company. My main focus being Unreal Engine (C++, python, blueprints, hlsl, rendering and animation). Recently I'm into generative AI and machine learning.

Skills: python Unreal Engine c++ HLSL Blueprints

Henri Holopainen

Background in natural sciences, human sciences, and arts. Computers and programming as tools to solve problems. ~20 years of programming experience.

Skills: python C/C++ automation scripting optimisation debugging CTF math Physics statistics computational science cloud stuff infra data wrangling JS game dev Graphics Databases

Alex Villanueva (he/they)

I have a professional background in music, sales team management, & life coaching. I completed the Founders and Coders bootcamp ~2.5 years ago and I'm looking to volunteer as a coach to give back to the community, and also because I enjoy & miss coaching!

Skills: TypeScript React React Native Next.js RTL Cypress Redux Contentful Unbounce TanStack Query Stripe

Alex Palaistras (he/him)

Love building systems, adore Go, on a break with PHP (but still keeping touch). Working alongside people is my jam!

Skills: Go php python c SQL rust

Mudra senjaliya (she)

Hello, I am a software developer comfortable in the javascript/typescript ecosystem. I have 7+ years of industry experience and have worked in various industries and projects.

Nil Ventosa

I am a backend software engineer at New Relic, I am self taught so I want to help other people transition to a work in this industry.

Skills: java kotlin Kafka docker postgres SQL stack overflow

Jethro Swanson

I'm happy to work on whatever the students are passionate about. As for me: 4th yr comp sci student (u of m), worked at Richardson Int. (BI software Dev) and MB Hydro (Cloud Platforms). Also LGBT member ❤️

Kay Lack (she/her)

i like writing code and talking to people

Tom Atkinson (He)

I have mentored a number of events at codebar and I want to get back involved. I have been in the industry for around 5/6 years working on DevOps and cloud and automation and now have been a data engineer for the past two years.

Nicolas Cian

I'm a full-time web developer with 10+ years of experience mostly in Ruby Backend, currently working on a Winnipeg start-up company. I would like to help the community of new developers and transmit my passion for what I do.

Skills: web development backend Databases

David Zacek (he/him)

I have worked as a software engineer for a bit over 2 years. I would like to use some of that experience to help people who have not been as fortunate as me in having access to the traditional paths into coding.

Skills: python java Git Linux algorithms

Yannis Jinadu (He/Him)

Currently, a software engineer working predominantly in Python and interacting with AWS, GCP, Heroku and MongoDB. I would mainly want to help with Python work and anything to do with AWS.

Skills: python AWS

Seb Mititelu

Been teaching Java for University students in their Year 1 & Year 2. Have been teaching data science & data visualisation for Uni of Southampton & also been teaching & currently teaching for Open Classrooms career shifters JavaScript, HTML & CSS.

Leziga Bakor

I have worked on different python projects as a developer as well as a quality assurance engineer. I have intermediate to advance skills using python and have worked with different frameworks. I also hold an AWS certified developer associate certification

Skills: python AWS Jira Flask FastAPI Excel macro

Daisy Everard (She/her)

I've worked mostly in Data in python, SQL, and databricks I also have some experience with Javascript

Skills: python SQL Databricks

Chris Joyner

Data Science, Python, some web development (e.g. Django/Flask, html/javascript/node js)

Leighton Blackburn (he/him)

I am a backend software engineer, and would like to help introduce programming / software engineering to everyone I can!

alvin albin

Basic to advanced programming concepts. Any language. Anything.

Andrés Lucas Enciso (He)

Principal Design System Engineer at Adevinta Spain Staff Front End UI engineer at Adevinta Global OpenSource Projects Maintainer.

Skills: React D3js Dataviz css node.js tailwind TypeScript

Josue Vivas

My background is in technical management, systems engineering and mechanical design. Happy to give back my time and support workshops in London

Skills: basic python Basic VScode basic debugging basic unittest advanced use of Matplot library.

Adam Duggan

Self taught developer. 5 years experience in full-stack Javascript dev. Background in Social Work. Value mentoring and demystify concepts and providing encouragement and support to others starting out.

Skills: React node.js javascript Git CSS/Sass Firebase web performance MongoDB

Rafael Ferreira (he/him)

It is my first time being a coach here and I'm quite excited to participate and meet new people. I'm a techie, I've had the chance to work in a variety of domains and technologies and excited to share that with more people.

Cal Nicklin (He/him)

I am a self-taught software engineer in Brighton. I've started presenting code 'stuff' to my company non-technical team, and have presented at a local school. I've found it hugely fulfilling and I'd love to do more.

Jon Wyatt

I'd like to coach front end. I'm an experienced professional developer, and have mentored and coded with many junior devs and also volunteered at Code Your Future.

Skills: Front End html css javascript React node.js accessibility Git

Owen Kosman (he)

I'd like to mentor/coach through running workshops. I'm currently a software engineer at Starling Bank developing our own core banking platform. As an Indonesian having non-computer science background, I'd like to help people like me excel in tech.

Jared K (he/him)

Looking for devs!

Sophie Mann (They/She)

Full stack Ruby and React

Xavier Zhou (he)

As a senior developer I’d like to share my knowledge and provide coaching to others

Matt George (he/him)

We're setting up a chapter in Cardiff, Wales. Been working as a developer since 2017 and I've spent the last few years working as a web developer focusing on Typescript React and Python Django.

Skills: TypeScript React python bash

Jade Carvalho (she/her)

I have 2 years' experience working as a full stack developer, with a good understanding of UX and design from my previous career in digital marketing.

Skills: HTML & CSS javascript React python django

Daniel Rios (he/him)

I was a coach at the Open Tech School for Python. I want to help people take their first or later steps with programming. I'm specialized more in Python and web.

Skills: python django web

Mario Mohr (he/him)

I'd like to coach - I'm a staff engineer by trade and also have some experience tutoring etc. during my university time. I got into contact with the codebar idea via Bernadetta while coaching for Django Girls 2024, and the idea sounds fun.

Bela Hamid

I began my career as a software developer in 2021 after attending a coding bootcamp. I used to attend Codebar as a student and would like to come back as a volunteer coach.

Skills: React javascript html css

Danny Buckley (He)

I am a passionate software engineer that’s been in the industry for about 4 years now. I now lead product development for a startup. I would like to contribute to hopefully make this industry more diverse.

Pavlo Marchuk (He)

I would like to try myself as a coach ones and decide after.

Muhammad Atif

Help the students in the programming and software development

Alasdair Nicol (he/him)

Hi, I'm Alasdair, a Python developer

Skills: python Git AWS

Peter Trizuliak (He)

Happy to help with JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS or Node.js

Skills: javascript React html css node.js

David Griffiths

I'm a professional PHP, Python and Javascript developer working in Cardiff. I was assistant A' Level Examiner in Computer Science for the WJEC and a secondary school teacher for many years. I would like to see how I might be able to help.

Rory Tisdall (he/him)

I am a data scientist with extensive Python programming experience. I am signing up as a coach because I appreciate the charity and believe that programming skills are an excellent way to help under represented individuals get a step up in the world.

kaily newman (She/her)

I do python and data engineering. I learned also javascript in bootcamps. My current techie hobbies are low level coding.

Barny Dathan (he/him)

I support new developers to start careers in tech. I'm interested in networking with the tech community and support aspiring developers.

Ryo Yamazaki (he/his/him)

I am organising an Android developer community in Japan. I hope that through this activities with codebar, I will be able to recognize and learn about the skills and knowledge that I lack.

Skills: Android kotlin java python

Alex Cerda (she/her)

I've been an engineer for 4 years - at the FT for 7 months. It's my first time coaching, but I would like to help beginner coders in JS, HTML and CSS. As a self-learner, I'd love to help others learn from scratch too.

Skills: javascript html css React Vue Express Jest Cypress

Romarjo Zeka

I have been working as a software engineer for the past years, focusing on backend development around Java ecosystem.

Skills: java spring AWS serverless software architecture Microservices

Mun Wai Kong (he/him)

i've been referred to be a coach by my colleagues at Grabyo. Happy to help where ever I can. I come from a backend developer background although I have not actively coded for a few years!

Ryan Hancock (he/him)

8 years of software engineering in the workplace. Bsc in Computing

Minseo Kim (she/her)

I have been working as a software engineer for 4 years. I have specialty in Java programming and I want to share my knowledge with others.

Skills: java backend engineering MySql

Germain Souquet (he/him)

Passionate about the web

Skills: html css javascript React.js Unit Testing Git TypeScript open source & many more

Sami Dalzell-Matthew (she/her)

I am a frontend dev working at Olio, did a software apprenticeship through 2020. I can use, react, react native, javascript and typescript

Razieh Behjati

I have worked as a software engineer for more than 10 years.

Skills: python rust java

Keziah Quarshie

I am an enthusiastic python programmer, computer science teacher and love to learn new technologies. I have just recently finished and software engineering and devops bootcamp and would love to share my knowledge with others.

Sandy McMillan (he/him)

I'm currently a Senior Developer at AND Digital. Previously I was a Senior Instructor at CodeClan

Skills: ruby javascript c c++ c# java SQL

Jon Knight

I have 30 years commercial experience as a developer. Experience of multiple tech stacks, DBA, sysadmin. Happy to help with just about anything.

Richard Huston (he/him)

I am a Senior Solution Architect at Alfa.

Luke Riou

Id be interested in mentoring or coaching. I’m a junior software developer at an asset finance software company. I’ve beeb developing in Java for the best part of two years.

Feyikemi Agboola (She)

I'm a front-end developer with 5 years experience. I really value the ability to not perform web development work but also help others improve their craft because I've gained so much from others sharing their skills and knowledge.

Skills: TypeScript javascript React html css

Anna Conti Lorenzo (she/her)

I've spent a year at ERNI as a React Frontend Developer, with five years' experience in Angular. Passionate about frontend development, I enjoy crafting seamless user experiences. I also love mentoring others in their coding journeys.

Robert Villa

Frontend Developer at ERNI with 4+ years in React. Also skilled in Node.js as a backend developer. Former bootcamp professor, teaching programming and JavaScript web dev.

Matheus Menezes Sant'ana (He)

I’ve been working with python for almost 7 years working with companies in the realm of medicine, construction management, grocery shopping, carbon offset, logistics and others. I love coffee, beer, chess, guitar and bouldering.

Michael Barham (he/him)

I'd like to find a team of people I can make a difference to, specifically helping other to learn

Mustafa Kyorov

Full-stack software developer, core technologies: - HTML - CSS - JavaScript - React - Node, Express - SQL, NoSQL

Pau Ortega Puig (he/him)

I've worked in the tech industry for 10 years, and I've grown thanks to a lot of people in my career. I want to give that back to the community.

Skills: JS php OOP xp testing

Eduardo Quintana

I have 8 years of experience developing web apps on .NET. I have worked as a Full-Stack developer, but I prefer backend development. My interest is in sharing my C#, .NET or general programming concepts knowledge.

Skills: c# .NET RESTful APIs gRPC testing

Kelvin Cheung (He)

Studying Master of Advanced Computer Science. I will be able to teach basic and advanced Python. I am new to Cardiff and want to have more practice on communications!

Ann Barr (she)

I am about to start the Tech Returners programme and hope to attend some code bar events to cement the learning and help me to address any challenges I meet.

Pascal Edouard

DevOps Cloud Engineer in Edinburgh passionate about advancing automation and infrastructure as code. Eager to assist fellow developers and share insights on coding best practices. Let's code smarter, not harder!

Skills: Ansible agile Cloud devops python terraform c java c# Git bash Linux html javascript c++ terminal

Elisabeth Haubold (She)

I actually started out learning to code by attending Codebar workshops in Edinburgh. Since then, I got a job working as a backend developer on a cloud-native application and about half a year ago I transitioned into a DevOps role.

Skills: kubernetes terraform javascript java css html some react and node.js

Tristan Roddis (he)

Happy to coach intermediate or beginner level Python, PHP (and Scratch!), as well as beginner level HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Git. Also got recent experience with Drupal, Laravel, Linux, Solr, Elasticsearch, Amazon Web Services if any of that helps.

Skills: python php Drupal

Mo Jama (he/him)

Software developer. I've volunteered at other similar learning environments such as CoderDojo and myself was a teacher in the past. I'd like to promote a positive environment and help explain topics in a clear, easy-to-understand way.

Skills: html css sass javascript Git React.js TypeScript GraphQL

Russell Howe (he)

I've mostly worked on infrastructure-level things but have done a fair bit of Java and ruby dev too.

Skills: java ruby c cloud things Linux

Jeff Zinger

Dev at Thoughtworks & Coach

Jeff Zinger (He)

I would like to learn how to be a better teacher and help support the students.

Kye Bracey (he)

Makers graduate, Front End/Games Developer at mangahigh.com

Skills: javascript React Phaser html css version control accessibility

Eilidh Hendry

I have a degree in AI and CS, and now work as a Full-Stack developer at TrustedHousesitters. I primarily work with React and Python (Django). I also manage a team and I'm responsible for hiring so can advise on job hunting, etc.

Thanos Mitsiou (He/his)

My name is Thanos and I am from Greece. I have been working as a developer the past 2 years, mostly using Python and starting to learn Go on my spare time

Skills: python

Brendan McCollam (He)

I'm curious about getting involved at Codebar as a coach. I've been a software developer for ten years now, and I've taught courses at Code First:Girls in London and Artifice, an after school club in Chicago.

Skills: python PostgreSQL Go basic HTML/CSS/JS

Eleanor Casson (she/her)

I've been working as a developer for the last 2.5 years. And want to share the knowledge.

Louay Alakkad

Full stack development/cloud architecture

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