Alistair Macdonald
Software Engineer at Capgemini
Worthing, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAlistair Macdonald is a seasoned software engineer with 13 years of professional experience and over 25 years working on the web, specialising in front-end engineering with a strong user-centred and accessibility-first approach. He has deep expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React, while also delivering full-stack PWA/SPA solutions using Firebase, Node/Express and MongoDB, and working with Scala Play on government projects. He’s spent 6+ years within GDS-aligned teams at HMRC and Capgemini, modernising microservices, upgrading libraries and integrating GovUK frontend patterns into production services. A pragmatic contributor to HMRC’s email-renderer repo, he’s handled both front- and back-end template work for critical public services, showing an ability to cross boundaries between UI and server-side concerns. Based in Worthing, he blends consultancy experience from running Nubz Ltd with hands-on delivery at scale, often focusing on componentisation, caching/encryption and maintainable build systems. Quietly versatile, he pairs long-term web craftsmanship with current practices in accessibility, performance and government digital standards.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Quintin Kynaston
Github Skills (6)
html10
template-tags10
template-engine10
templater10
email-templates10
scala10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hmrc/hmrc-email-renderer
Mar 2018 - Jan 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:35 commits, 18 PRs, 3 comments in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alistair primarily worked on enhancing email templates within the HMRC email renderer repository. Their contributions involved creating new email templates for various services, including Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS) and Capital Gains Tax on UK property (CGTPD). They modified existing templates by adding or removing content, updating subject lines, and adjusting the layout. These updates also included modifications to the template locator and parameter configurations.
hmrc/calculate-ni-frontend
Dec 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:66 reviews, 107 commits, 117 PRs in 4 months
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