Francis O'Brien

Senior Software Developer

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Profile

Francis O’Brien is a Senior Software Developer at Opencast with experience leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering modern digital services. Having worked across consultancy and product organisations, he specialises in full stack development, cloud-native technologies, and engineering leadership, with expertise spanning Node.js, React, TypeScript and Java.

Blog post

Aerial group photo of attendees gathered outside Tapyard, an industrial-style venue with a large “TAPYARD” sign above the entrance. Around 100 people wearing conference lanyards stand together in the courtyard on a sunny day, with surrounding office buildings and parked cars visible in the background.

GovDev North 2026: Connecting the People Behind Government Technology

Last week, more than 100 engineers and developers from across central and local government came together at Opencast HQ for GovDev North 2026, the northern edition of the Cross-Government Software Engineering Community's conference. In this blog, Francis O'Brien, Senior Software Developer at Opencast, reflects on the day, sharing highlights from the sessions, the conversations that took place, and why communities like GovDev North are so important for supporting and connecting people across government technology teams.

Software Development

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Government

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UCD

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Blog post

Aerial group photo of attendees gathered outside Tapyard, an industrial-style venue with a large “TAPYARD” sign above the entrance. Around 100 people wearing conference lanyards stand together in the courtyard on a sunny day, with surrounding office buildings and parked cars visible in the background.

GovDev North 2026: Connecting the People Behind Government Technology

Last week, more than 100 engineers and developers from across central and local government came together at Opencast HQ for GovDev North 2026, the northern edition of the Cross-Government Software Engineering Community's conference. In this blog, Francis O'Brien, Senior Software Developer at Opencast, reflects on the day, sharing highlights from the sessions, the conversations that took place, and why communities like GovDev North are so important for supporting and connecting people across government technology teams.

Software Development

|

Government

|

UCD

Read more