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Brandon Lodge

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Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence graduate (First Class Honours) with strong practical experience in Python, Linux and technical troubleshooting. Currently a Support Technician at CareLineLive, developing practical experience in backend development, Docker, CI/CD and AWS through personal projects, including a travel planning Web API being developed as a DevOps portfolio project. Interested in software engineering, backend development, DevOps, cloud engineering, automation and related technical roles.

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Experience

Support Technician · CareLineLive

November 2025 – Present

CareLineLive is a SaaS platform. The role involves technical investigation, reproducing reported issues, gathering technical evidence, and working with developers toward a resolution.

Escape Room Host

May 2025 – December 2025

A customer-facing role hosting escape room experiences

Education

University of Sussex

BSc Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence — First Class Honours — Graduated 2024

International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo

Exchange Year — 2023 – 2024

Selected Projects

Smart Meal Planner

Completed

A Python meal-planning tool that scrapes recipes from Gousto into a local database and lets you search for recipes you can make from ingredients you already have, aimed at reducing food waste.

Drosophila Movement Tracking Research Project

University research (not publicly available)

Final-year dissertation research project at the University of Sussex, using computer vision to track the movement of Drosophila embryos.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Python — StrongPHP — Working knowledgeJava — Working knowledgeJavaScript — Working knowledgeHTML/CSS — Working knowledge

Databases

SQL — Working knowledgePostgreSQL — Working knowledgeMariaDB — Working knowledge

Tools & Version Control

Git — ComfortableLinux — Comfortable

DevOps & Cloud

Docker — DevelopingBitbucket — Currently learningGitHub Actions — Currently learningCI/CD — Currently learningAWS — Currently learning

Web Development (Currently Learning)

React — Currently learningNext.js — Currently learningTypeScript — Currently learningLaravel — Currently learning

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Currently studying — exam not yet taken

Languages

  • English — Native / fluent
  • Japanese — Conversational / intermediate