Antony Mackenzie-jones
Co-Founder And Group Chief Technology Officer at Beyonk
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAntony Mackenzie-jones is a co-founder and Group Chief Technology Officer with over 13 years' experience building scalable, customer-facing web platforms from London. At Beyonk he leads engineering across in-house and acquired teams, architecting Progressive Web Apps in Svelte and a fully serverless Hapi backend that prioritises server-side rendering, instant interactions and SEO via SvelteKit on Vercel. An active open-source maintainer and core contributor to Svelte/SvelteKit, he implemented Vercel and Begin adapters and refactored core build tooling—work that highlights deep expertise in serverless deployment—and he’s the creator of vudash. Known as a quality-obsessed, agile fanatic, Antony blends hands-on engineering with product and process leadership, taking startups like Vendigo from ground zero to Series A while championing rigorous automation and testing. He specialises in designing highly customisable platforms that let small teams scale products without proliferating bespoke forks, a practical advantage that underpins Beyonk’s efficient growth.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bramhall High SchoolBachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science at Staffordshire University
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Github Skills (27)
javascript10
node-js10
vercel10
templater10
compiler-compiler10
javascripts10
templatetag10
compiler10
svelte10
serverless-functions10
templateengine10
compilers10
ui-design9
adaptor9
build-automation9
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
sveltejs/kit
Oct 2020 - Jan 2022
web development, streamlined
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:41 reviews, 27 commits, 34 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Antony contributed to the Vercel and Begin adapters, demonstrating expertise in serverless functions and deployment strategies. Their work included updating the Vercel adapter to use a new application format, modifying the build process, and adapting the code to work seamlessly within the Vercel environment. Furthermore, the user updated the Begin adapter to align with a new app-utils format and refactored the code, and removed dependency installations, showing familiarity with serverless architecture. Additionally, the user made changes to the kit library, including removing app-utils and bundling the filesystem module, indicating involvement in the project's core functionalities.
svelte-kitsveltekit-adapterjavascriptsvelteweb-development
sveltejs/svelte
May 2018 - Jul 2021
web development for the rest of us
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 19 commits, 36 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Antony contributed to the Svelte project by implementing UI-related features and improving the site's functionality. They updated the site's codebase, replacing a "fancybutton" with a "custombutton," and adding a new FAQs page. Further contributions involved linting configurations and fixing lint warnings.
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