Venus is Technical Architect for GOV.UK Platform as a Service, at the Government Digital Service (GDS). She’s worked on teams there including Reliability Engineering and GOV.UK Notify, as well as being a service assessor helping government projects meet the Digital Service Standard. Prior to joining GDS, Venus was a researcher at University College London on Internet of Things and educational technology. She has industry experience in four different countries, working in telecommunications, engineering, Internet of Things and now technical architecting on cloud platforms and applications.