Experience

KPV LAB Edinburgh
• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Engineering Lead

  • Jun 2023 - Present


savvi

• Germany
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Engineer, Engineering Lead

  • May 2021 - Apr 2023

  I joined shortly after the company was formed and spent two years leading the engineering team as we built and evolved our product. I ensured our technology strategy, software architecture and design was capable of accommodating regular and sometimes dramatic changes to the product vision - and steered the company and team through multiple iterations of both our product and tech stack. I was instrumental in growing the team and ensuring our ways of working adapted to the needs of the company. I was accountable for delivery, and heavily involved in maintaining and tracking our roadmap. This was a highly collaborative effort and our search for product-market fit was driven by a desire for rapid feedback from a small, select group of customers. Our development velocity was occasionally fierce - one of our challenges was to balance pace of delivery with quality of user experience. Most people in the company were hands-on in some capacity, me included. Web UI: Next.js, Tailwind and typescript on Vercel. Public API: GraphQL, Hasura and node.js/typescript (earlier iterations were golang microservices on kubernetes). Postgres and SQL. We used 3rd party providers for authentication, file upload, video support, notifications, etc. Show less



AND Digital

• Philippines
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Engineering Lead

  • Feb 2020 - Apr 2021

  I was embedded full-time with one of AND’s enterprise clients - part of Lloyds Banking Group - and accountable for engineering delivery and quality with a hybrid, agile team of around 50 people. I helped stand up and lead a new delivery unit within the client, working alongside a Product Lead, a Delivery Lead, members of AND’s consulting team and senior leaders in LBG. The team adopted agile ways of working and a more modern tech stack, both of which we adapted for the client’s enterprise setting. Our 4-6 squads - each with product, engineering and delivery specialists - had team members drawn from both LBG and AND. My primary concerns were engineering strategy, and working with squads on the design and delivery of a (largely) new software application, supporting services and enterprise integrations. A little of my time was dedicated to the activities of the Practice Group of AND’s Edinburgh club - supporting the club’s squads in areas such as technology strategy and skill development. Show less



Atenta

• Belgium
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • May 2019 - Oct 2019

  I was a co-founder of Atenta. I brought software and technical expertise, and helped to define a new/proposed SaaS product. The product would support enterprises by accelerating the early stages of their digital transformation. I spent several months scoping and delivering a proof-of-concept product and software platform to support it - a product demo for the purpose of seeking additional funding. In 2019, I spent several months scoping and delivering the first (pre-release) iteration of a software product and the platform that supports it. The product supports enterprises by accelerating the early stages of their digital transformation. This iteration is being presented as a product and technology demonstrator for the purpose of securing additional funding. Show less



Cloudreach

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  Part of the leadership team of the software business unit, I was responsible for the majority of our people: 30 developers in four teams, three locations and two time zones.With the head of software products and the product management team, I maintained and was responsible for the delivery of more than one product roadmap. With the head of research and chief architect, I helped to drive architecture decisions and identify strategic development opportunities. I was accountable for developer hiring, the growth of the developer team, and supporting personal development. Show less

• • Sep 2016 - Sep 2018

  Hired as a senior engineer, I moved to a role akin to engineering manager and, later, a UK head of development. Contributed to the development of a cloud management platform. AWS, some GCP; containers and serverless. Tech leadership and direction around architecture, software design, new product design, development priorities, roadmaps and delivery. Achieved “Google Certified Professional - Data Engineer”Conductor - Kubernetes and Lambda on AWS, python and django/DRF, javascript/node.js, react/redux. Postgres, some AMQP. Github and codeship. Show less



SeeByte

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • 2009 - Aug 2016

  Underwater robotics and autonomy, condition monitoring, C++/Ruby/python on linux/windows, ROS, postgres/SQL/ SPARQL. Instigated an engineer-led workshop programme. Embedded peer- and code-review into engineering workflows. Introduced automated tools for deployment, configuration management. ETI Condition Monitoring Project (InFLOW) for offshore wind energy sector - senior/lead engineer, embedded/server-side software (C+ +/Ruby/linux), requirements capture and management, interface/configuration control, deployment via chef, data analysis and simulation. Multi-agent autonomy projects for autonomous underwater vehicles - variously: senior/lead engineer, embedded programming on linux/ROS, maintenance of core modules, deployment and release management, code review, design review and mentoring. Show less



Electronic Arts (EA)

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • 2005 - 2009

  Physics engine and front-end programming, C++/STL and C# on multiple platforms, Scrum, team leadership. Burnout Revenge 360, Burnout Paradise (EA Criterion) - software engineer, physics team, replay system. vehicle deformation system. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hasbro Family Game Night X360 (EA Bright Light) - software engineer, presentation team lead, design/implementation of core presentation and UI systems, technical compliance for Nintendo platforms, Japanese localisation compliance on PS2/PS3/X360. Show less



UK Astronomy Technology Centre

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Systems Engineer, Software Engineer

  • Dec 1998 - 2005

  Software and systems engineering, C/C++ on *nix and real-time/embedded platforms, UML/waterfall. NAOMI (ING, La Palma), GMOS-N (Gemini North, Hawaii) - real-time software engineer, data acquisition and mechanism control. ULTRACAM high-speed imager (Sheffield University) - lead software engineer and architect, “fast” data acquisition. GMOS-S (Gemini South, Chile) - lead software/systems engineer, engineering lead through test, integration and commissioning. KMOS (European Southern Observatory, Chile) - lead systems engineer, requirements/design, (successful) bid to customer. MIRI (James Webb Space Telescope) - consultant systems engineer during detailed design phase. Show less