I am Dimitris Dranidis, a Principal Software Engineer, Quality Architect, and a Computer Science Educator.
Passionate about quality, I focus on clean architecture, test-driven development, model-based and contract testing, and continuous improvement. I have extensive experience refactoring complex systems, integrating quality monitoring platforms, and building tools that enhance reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity. As a mentor and collaborator, I cultivate a cross-team quality culture, support professional growth, and contribute to both open-source software and academic research, consistently delivering maintainable, high-quality solutions across enterprise and educational environments.
I’m also a programming language polyglot, comfortable across functional, logic, object-oriented, procedural, and concurrent paradigms. My experience spans Java, C, C++, C#, Go, Scala, Clojure, ClojureScript, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, PHP, Ruby, Prolog, SML, and CML, allowing me to choose the right tool for each problem and guide teams in adopting the most suitable technology stacks and programming styles.
Professional Experience
- Quality Assurance Lead - BetAdvanced
- Principal Software Engineer - Freelance Consultant
- Associate Professor (served as Head of Department, Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies) at the Computer Science department at CITY College, CITY College, University of York Europe Campus
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Ludwig-Maximilian’s-University, Munich, Germany
- Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, The University of Sheffield
Skills
- Automated Testing
- Model-based Testing
- Agile methods
- Object-oriented Analysis and Design
- Formal methods
- Software Engineering
- Project Management
- Learning and Teaching Technologies
Projects
- JSXM - A model based testing tool for the automated generation of test cases
- StudentUML - An educational UML drawing tool with consistency checking
Hobbies
- Board game designer: Grand Bazaar
- Guitar player in a local Jazz band: “Breezz”
Languages
I love learning new languages. A language is a reflection of the country’s culture.
- Native: Greek
- Fluent: English, German
- Independent user: Turkish
- Basic user: Japanese, Spanish, Italian
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