Steven Baird

The Person Behind the Code

Software engineer at J.P. Morgan, based in Glasgow. I work on backend systems that handle millions of events and transactions a day — Java, Kafka, MongoDB, Liquibase, Splunk, Jenkins. Outside of that, I build things because I find them interesting. I have a blog-type site showcasing articles about what intelligence agencies get up to when the public aren't watching, and I also play around with locally hosted LLMs.

Software Engineer

JP Morgan Chase & Co · Sep 2025 – Present

BSc (Hons) Computer Science — 2:1

University of Strathclyde · 2021–2025

Technical Arsenal

Work
Hobby
Both
Backend & Systems
JavaworkMongoDBworkGohobbyPythonbothRusthobbyNode.jsbothREST APIsboth
Data & Infrastructure
PostgreSQLbothRedisbothKafkaworkLiquibaseworkSplunkworkDockerbothKubernetesworkAWSboth
Frontend & Creative
TypeScriptbothReactbothNext.jshobbyTailwind CSShobbyThree.jshobbyFramer Motionhobby
Engineering Practices
System DesignworkCI/CDworkJenkinsworkTesting (TDD)workAgileworkGitboth
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