Dan Belden

Dan Belden has extensive work experience in the field of software engineering. Dan currently holds the position of Principal Software Engineer at F5, where they work on network defense and private cloud products. In this role, they are responsible for developing custom internal orchestration tools for managing large amounts of infrastructure.

Prior to joining F5, Dan was the Managing Director at FREE FALL LIMITED from September 2014 to January 2023.

Before that, they worked as a Contract Go Engineer at Ori Industries from May 2022 to December 2022, and as a Contract Go Engineer at Dojo from September 2021 to March 2022.

Dan also worked at Mercari US from November 2018 to September 2021 as a Contract PHP/Go Engineer and at Mercari Europe from August 2017 to November 2018 as a Lead PHP/Go Engineer. During their time at Mercari Europe, they also served as a Senior PHP/Go Engineer from March 2017 to August 2017.

Dan's previous work experience includes roles such as CTO (Startup) at Octer from April 2016 to March 2017, Contract PHP/DevOps Developer at Octer from September 2014 to April 2016, Senior PHP Developer at Think Finance from March 2013 to September 2014, Junior PHP Developer at StrategyEye from September 2011 to March 2013, and Junior PHP Developer at Orchard Hosting from December 2008 to June 2011.

Overall, Dan has a strong background in software engineering, specializing in languages like Go and PHP, and has worked in various roles across different companies.

Dan Belden completed their A levels in the field of study at Runshaw College from 2006 to 2008. Dan then pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science at The University of Manchester from 2008 to 2011.