Summary
Andrew Butcher is a software engineer with a decade of experience building and maintaining public-sector digital services, currently working on HMRC's Digital Forms Service within Capgemini's Digital Delivery Centre in Telford. He has progressed from consultancy roles into a live services team that owns and iteratively improves a portfolio of government services, combining hands-on development with operational responsibilities. Comfortable in agile teams, his background spans end-to-end delivery of mission-critical forms and integrations for taxation systems. Prior experience at QA Consulting and volunteer IT work at the British Red Cross reflect a practical, service-oriented approach to problem solving. Trained in Computer Science (Games Engineering) at Newcastle University, he brings both systems thinking and a pragmatic engineering mindset to production software. Notably, he has spent his career focused on reliable, user-facing public-sector systems rather than flashy consumer apps, valuing resilience and maintainability.
10 years of coding experience
The Broxbourne School
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Games Engineering), 2.2, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science (Games Engineering), 2.2 at Newcastle University