Abby Millward
Principal Engineer at Breakroom
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAbby Millward is a Principal Engineer with 12 years of experience building practical, user-focused web applications and leading engineering teams from startup to enterprise. Currently at Breakroom, she combines hands-on full‑stack development with a strong emphasis on inclusive, intersectional culture and pragmatic product decisions. As founder of Chart Minder, she turned a personal knitting tool into a MEAN‑stack site used by thousands, demonstrating product instinct and long-term stewardship of user communities. Her background spans engineering, management and QA at companies like Condé Nast and Jagex, giving her a rare end‑to‑end perspective on delivery, UX and reliability. Abby is known for cutting through unnecessary complexity, raising UX concerns early, and ensuring teams finish as often as they start.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels Maths Biology ICT Chemistry, A Levels Maths Biology ICT Chemistry at The Henley CollegeGCSEs, GCSEs at Sir William Borlases Grammar SchoolBSc Web and Multimedia, BSc Web and Multimedia at University of Central Lancashire
English
Stackoverflow
3,189reputation
442kreached
120answers
36questions
facebook-graph-api
top-5%
facebook
top-1%
Github Skills (112)
react-bootstrap10
reactstrap10
bootstrap10
facebook10
javascript9
facebook-graph-api9
horizontal-scrolling9
tooltip9
react9
alerts9
electron9
typescript9
nprogress9
android-app9
popular9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
amillward/react-play
Jul 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:39 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
amillward/rubiks
Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
Contributions:17 commits, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 2 days
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