Summary
Alan Gardner is a Lead Engineer based in Aberdeen with over 14 years of hands-on software experience and more than two decades of industry exposure across startups, unicorns and Fortune 50 environments. He blends full-stack web development, AI application work and DevOps with strong practice in agile and lean delivery, regularly taking initiatives from concept through production. Alan has progressed from planning engineer roles into senior technical leadership, pairing deep technical craftsmanship with people leadership as Principal and Technical Lead. He has a track record of shipping user-focused products at companies like Deliveroo and Table XI and now leads engineering at TXI. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic and user-centred, with a curiosity for bridging complex systems and practical business outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons Computer Science, BSc Hons Computer Science at Robert Gordon University