Summary
Alicia Sykes is a Staff Engineer based in London with 12 years of experience delivering scalable web and mobile platforms, currently shaping engineering at loveholidays. She combines hands-on development in React, Node, React Native, Swift/Kotlin and Solidity with pragmatic system architecture, security-first practices and product-minded technical leadership. Previously a Principal Engineer at AND Digital and VP Frontend at Galaxy, she’s led client-facing projects across banking, retail and enterprise, coaching engineers and selecting fit-for-purpose tech stacks. A long-time open-source maintainer and prolific GitHub presence, Alicia balances freelance engagements with deep OSS contributions and occasional AI and Web3 work. Her military background in signals and comms as a reservist brings disciplined operational thinking, resilience and expeditionary leadership to complex engineering problems. She prefers interesting, high-impact projects and often works evenings and weekends on causes she cares about.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at [Name Redacted]