Adam Hill
Principal Software Engineer I (Developer Experience) at Self-Employed
Gosport, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAdam Hill is a Principal Software Engineer specialising in Developer Experience with nine years in professional software roles and a broader two-decade creative background as a professional musician and indie game studio director. He currently leads DX efforts at Payroc, having progressed through senior engineering and staff roles focused on improving developer tooling, workflows and platform productivity. Adam pairs a strong academic foundation in software development with hands-on experience across fintech, consumer platforms and games, and a history of freelance and startup engineering. His interdisciplinary background—combining composition, production and technical leadership—gives him a rare ability to design developer-centric systems that balance ergonomics, performance and maintainability. He is based in Gosport, UK, and maintains a public GitHub presence under adamhill-payroc that showcases his commitment to practical, developer-focused solutions.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Software Development, Master's Degree, Software Development at The Open UniversityPGCE Music (Secondary Education), Music Education, PGCE Music (Secondary Education), Music Education at University of SouthamptonBMus(Hons) / GRAD.RNCM, Music (Trombone), BMus(Hons) / GRAD.RNCM, Music (Trombone) at Royal Northern College of Music
Stackoverflow
88reputation
3kreached
4answers
4questions
Github Skills (25)
test-suite6
actions-on-google6
android-sdk6
json6
google-home6
google-smart-home6
ios6
sdk5
xamarin-forms5
xamarin-android5
streamdeck4
csharp4
android4
dotnet4
devrel3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Dootrix/Hearts
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:173 commits, 96 pushes, 4 branches in 2 months
AdamDavidHill/archery-pb-report
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
Contributions:22 pushes in 6 days
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