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Senior Engineering Manager @ Elastic
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Technology leader with experience across a wide variety of roles in cloud infrastructure, security, machine learning, and logistics. My key skills include robust systems knowledge, clear communication skills, creating psychological safety, and keeping a strong focus on continuous learning & development within the organisation. My working style is calm and collaborative with clear direction and structure. I'm always focused on outcomes - the "what" and the "why" need to be right before we focus on the "how" and the "when".
CTO Academy
Digital MBA
November 1, 2023 – August 1, 2024
Swansea University / Prifysgol Abertawe
BSc (hons), Computer Science
January 1, 2004 – January 1, 2007
Elastic
Senior Engineering Manager, Inference
April 1, 2025 – Present
Remote
ISMS.online
VP of Software Engineering
May 1, 2024 – April 1, 2025
Manchester Area, United Kingdom · Remote
Stuart
Engineering Director, Core/Instant Delivery
January 1, 2023 – May 1, 2024
Stuart
Engineering Director, Courier
May 1, 2020 – December 1, 2022
Stuart
Engineering Manager
October 1, 2017 – May 1, 2020
DataCentred
Lead Software Engineer
April 1, 2014 – October 1, 2017
MediaCityUK · Hybrid
iomart
Senior Developer
March 1, 2012 – March 1, 2014
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
On The Beach Ltd
Web Application Developer
September 1, 2010 – March 1, 2012
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
SureView Systems
Service Support Manager
November 1, 2008 – September 1, 2010
SureView Systems
Software Developer
October 1, 2007 – November 1, 2008
Hiring Process Strategy
May 1, 2020 – October 1, 2020
- Automated the technical assessment stage of the hiring process using GitHub Actions. - Set up a scorecard/rubric approach to improve consistency and reduce bias. - Documented the hiring process fully to allow more team members to take part.
Elixir Academy
April 1, 2020 – July 1, 2020
Taught a 12-week Elixir intro level course for employees of Stuart. This helped prepare our team to be able to work on the company's production Elixir services in addition to the existing Ruby services. Received very positive feedback via the course survey (averaging 9 out of 10 satisfaction rating).
Finance Engine Rewrite
January 1, 2020 – Present
Reworking the finance software on the Stuart platform. - Completely redesigned pricing engine using simple expression based rules to allow the business maximum flexibility when calculating prices. Previously much pricing and billing was done by hand in spreadsheets - this project allowed those tasks to be fully automated, saving a massive amount of employee time. - Ran a cross-functional team to tackle fraud on our platform. This was very successful and reduced our annual fraud costs from 6 figures to 3. The project involved coordinating integration of a new payment service provider across client apps (react-based web app, and mobile apps for Android and iOS) as well as server-side changes. This was done seamlessly with no user impact.
H3 Ruby Bindings
December 1, 2018 – Present
Set up H3 bindings for Ruby. H3 is a project from Uber that allows geospatial indexing via recursively tiled hexagons. The project is open-sourced on GitHub.
H3 Ruby Bindings
December 1, 2018 – Present
H3 is a discrete global grid system for indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, developed at Uber. This project wraps the C library for H3 with Ruby bindings so it may be called natively from Ruby applications.
MagRails Conference Organising
January 1, 2011 – December 1, 2011
Co-organised the highly successful MagRails 2011 technical conference. Involved with getting sponsors on board, logistics, and sourcing speakers - was very pleased to get Aaron Patterson!
Digital MBA for Technology Leaders
CTO Academy
June 28, 2026 – Present
UK Driving License
DVLA
June 28, 2026 – Present
Cultural Fit Analysis
The candidate's project diversity, including open-source contributions (H3 Ruby Bindings), conference organizing (MagRails), and internal training initiatives (Elixir Academy), suggests a proactive and community-oriented individual. Their experience in scaling teams, implementing scorecards for hiring, and documenting processes aligns with a structured yet adaptable cultural fit. The long tenure at Stuart (7+ years) across various leadership roles indicates loyalty and growth within an organization.
Soft Skills & Operational Fit
The candidate demonstrates strong leadership, communication, and strategic planning skills through their various Engineering Director and VP roles. Their experience in coaching teams, managing performance, and designing hiring processes indicates a solid operational fit and ability to foster a 'build it, run it' culture. The Elixir Academy project further highlights their commitment to team development and knowledge sharing.