Ask an Alum

Benjamin Woods

Town/City of residence: Royston
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Job Title: Senior Software Developer
Company Name: University of Cambridge
Country which you work: United Kingdom
Sector: Internet & Software
Name of Degree/Subject of study: Physics
Year of Graduation: 2015
Type/Level of Study: Undergraduate
Name of Degree/Subject of study: Plasma Science and Fusion Energy
Year of Graduation: 2020
Type/Level of Study: PhD
I have been working at the University of Cambridge since April 2024. The role is in the DevOps team — it is software engineering for the University itself (working on systems such as undergraduate admissions, federated authentication, algorithms for student allocations, et cetera).
About me