Experience
A progression from hands-on development to strategic delivery leadership
Leadership Philosophy
"Engineering Manager focused on data-driven practices, implementing DORA metrics and modern development methodologies to achieve measurable business outcomes."
My approach combines deep technical expertise with quantifiable leadership results, focusing on reducing cycle times, increasing deployment frequency, and building high-performing teams that deliver exceptional business impact.
Atheneum
London Area, United Kingdom
Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager for 3 teams (10 engineers total) while serving as interim technical lead for 2 teams during recruitment.
Key Achievements
- Reduced department cycle time by 71% from 5 days 22 hours to 1 day 17 hours through DORA metrics implementation
- Increased deployment frequency by 233% from 3 to 10+ deployments per week using CI/CD and trunk-based development
- Improved on-time project delivery from 50% to 80% reducing delays from months to maximum 2 weeks using fixed cost/time variable scope
- Architected client integration system enabling robust project lifecycle management - all new business from major client now mandated through this platform
- Reduced pipeline costs by 30% migrating from Bitbucket to GitHub with enhanced CI/CD workflows
- Introduced Champion framework reducing refinement time by 85% from 20 minutes to 3 minutes per ticket
- Implemented AI-powered development tools with 15% of new production code now AI-generated, improving delivery velocity
- Successfully hired 5 top-performing engineers who rank among business's best performers according to DORA metrics
- Led React Native app development serving 10k MAU with 33% of expert applications processed through mobile platform
Technologies & Skills
Technical Lead Developer
Technical Lead Developer role before promotion to Engineering Manager.
Key Achievements
- Led technical initiatives during transition to Engineering Manager role
- Established foundation for DORA metrics implementation
- Contributed to React Native mobile platform development
Technologies & Skills
bet365
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Technical Lead Software Engineer
Technical lead for two multi-disciplined squads covering .Net, Golang, TypeScript and React (10 engineers total).
Key Achievements
- Architected React integration strategy into legacy custom framework with zero performance degradation on real-time sports data
- Created React coding standards documentation - React now included in all Bet365 job descriptions to attract higher caliber candidates
- Implemented incremental React integration allowing hot-swappable components at runtime
- Implemented high-performance backend services using Golang for million+ request/second throughput
Technologies & Skills
ANS Group
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead Software Developer
Led 6-member squad balancing hands-on development and team management responsibilities. Role ended due to redundancy.
Key Achievements
- Delivered Prince of Wales charity platform for televised 'This Morning' launch - only project delivered on time and on budget using fixed cost/time with variable scope
- Architected system handling 100k concurrent users with 99.9% uptime during TV appearance through comprehensive load testing
- Delivered before Christmas deadline to capitalise on New Year's resolution advertising opportunity
- Integrated Microsoft Dynamics365 APIs and overcame API limit restrictions through innovative caching strategies
- Streamlined CI/CD processes and conducted load testing for go-live deadlines
- Participated in external audits (ISO 27017 & ISO 27018) and interviewed candidates for Software Engineering roles
Technologies & Skills
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Senior Developer in a 6-member squad delivering applications from conception to production.
Key Achievements
- Diagnosed and resolved production issues on staging environments with minimal business impact
- Mentored mid-level and junior developers improving team capability and knowledge transfer
- Established unit testing standards becoming reference point for testing best practices
- Conducted customer meetings (face-to-face and virtual) for requirement clarification
Technologies & Skills
MuscleFood
United Kingdom
Lead Software Engineer
Led 5-member squad delivering high-quality software using DORA metrics for continuous improvement.
Key Achievements
- Architected event-driven e-commerce platform rewrite from Magento to C#, NodeJs (NestJs), and ReactJs, reducing infrastructure costs by 40%
- Reduced checkout abandonment by 13% through refined checkout process and mobile-first design strategy
- Designed resilient distributed system that maintained £120k in orders during service interruptions
- Orchestrated war room incident response for live service issues, minimising downtime and customer impact
- Pioneered Infrastructure as Code deployment strategy - first implementation at company after proposing to management
- Promoted internally to Lead Software Engineer after 10 months based on technical leadership and delivery results
Technologies & Skills
Software Engineer
Contributed to the development of e-commerce platform features before promotion to Lead Software Engineer.
Key Achievements
- Collaborated on the initial phases of platform migration from Magento
- Implemented key e-commerce features and functionality
- Promoted internally to Lead Software Engineer after 10 months
Technologies & Skills
EKM Systems
Leyland, United Kingdom
Web Developer
Developed new features and upgraded legacy applications maintaining business continuity.
Key Achievements
- Implemented comprehensive logging systems for issue tracking and presented engineering updates to entire business
- Mentored junior developers and interns conducting technical interviews for team growth
- Implemented SCRUM processes and provided training to other teams improving organisational agility
- Wrote detailed technical specifications for complex feature implementations
Technologies & Skills
Lowri Beck Services
United Kingdom
Junior Developer
Maintained and upgraded applications while creating new solutions.
Key Achievements
- Maintained and upgraded BugNET application ensuring stable issue tracking capabilities
- Created card management application and performed systematic bug fixes