Summary
Alex Woodhead is a Principal Software Engineer and Head of Engineering with 11 years' experience delivering mission-critical web and cloud systems for healthcare, finance, and education. Based in Leeds, he combines hands-on .NET architecture and Terraform-driven Azure/AWS infrastructure with strong delivery leadership—recently leading EPR and Clinical AI deployment programs across multiple NHS trusts. He excels at integrating complex hospital network systems, improving deployment practices, and designing auditable identity solutions (Azure B2C) for regulated environments. Known for pragmatic usability focus and team-first collaboration, he has repeatedly rescued performance and data-integrity issues in legacy migrations and ETL pipelines. Outside obvious technical chops, he brings a commercial mindset from earlier roles in digital marketing and business finance platforms, helping bridge product, compliance and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Business/Commerce General, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Business/Commerce General at Nottingham Trent University