Cian (Keen) Gallagher

Backend Engineer

https://www.opentalent.in/cian-keen-gallagher

Staff Software Engineer @zendesk

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Key Strengths

Demonstrated initiative and passion for backend development through numerous personal projects in Go.
Experience with Go, Makefile, and Dockerfile indicates practical skills in building and deploying backend services.
Exposure to various technologies (Go, C++, Python, Scala, Shell) suggests adaptability and a broad technical interest.
Current role as Backend Engineer at Zendesk, though recent, aligns directly with the target role.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

The candidate demonstrates a strong inclination towards personal projects, indicating self-motivation and a continuous learning mindset. The diversity of projects, from file organization to IoT and Kubernetes automation, suggests a broad interest in technology and problem-solving. However, without more information on collaborative projects or team-based experience, a comprehensive cultural fit assessment is limited. The current role at Zendesk is a positive indicator of professional alignment.

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

The provided data is insufficient to assess soft skills or operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback are available.

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Projects

esp32-fireplace-controller

November 17, 2025 – Present

Reverse engineered remote control using an ESP32 for the Charlton & Jenricks fireplace range.

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billy-ai

August 4, 2025 – Present

Build your own ESP32 powered Billy Bass Fish!

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ir-smart-remote

July 29, 2025 – August 1, 2025

The accompanying code related to the Youtube video of the same title.

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tmux-xdrip

March 3, 2024 – October 9, 2024

Tmux plugin to display glucose data from xDrip as a status icon.

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flink-home

November 22, 2022 – January 7, 2024

Custom made CO2 sensor using data to automate home ventilation system. :mask:

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switchboard

December 10, 2021 – August 18, 2024

Automated file organisation and routing for all your machines. :open_file_folder:

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gomerge-action

November 25, 2021 – December 7, 2021

Github action utilising the Gomerge CLI tool to bulk merge and approve pull requests.

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vim-cadence

May 5, 2021 – January 1, 2024

Syntax highlight for the Cadence programming language. A high level programming lanaguage intended for smart contract development. :neckbeard:

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gomerge

December 28, 2020 – February 4, 2025

Gomerge is a tool which allows you to quickly bulk merge, approve and close several pull requests from your terminal. :star2:

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syncwave

September 6, 2020 – January 2, 2021

Tool to automate the provisioning of my at home raspberry-pi kubernetes cluster.

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Key Strengths

Demonstrated initiative and passion for backend development through numerous personal projects in Go.
Experience with Go, Makefile, and Dockerfile indicates practical skills in building and deploying backend services.
Exposure to various technologies (Go, C++, Python, Scala, Shell) suggests adaptability and a broad technical interest.
Current role as Backend Engineer at Zendesk, though recent, aligns directly with the target role.

Cultural & Operational Fit

Cultural Fit Analysis

Soft Skills & Operational Fit

The provided data is insufficient to assess soft skills or operational fit. No psychometric test results or interview feedback are available.

Cian (Keen) Gallagher

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit

Top Skills

Skills

Experience

Projects

Key Strengths

Cultural & Operational Fit