Andrew Pepler
Owner at Vertism
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndrew Pepler is a senior backend software engineer based in the UK with over 20 years of experience building scalable, maintainable web applications and more than a decade in senior roles. He has a strong track record delivering complex projects for large public-sector organisations and e-commerce platforms, specialising in legacy migrations, performance optimisation and microservices architectures. Comfortable both leading delivery and doing hands-on development, he consistently drives cross-functional collaboration to align technical solutions with business and customer needs. Recent roles include senior developer positions at the Ministry of Justice and HM Revenue & Customs, alongside running his own venture, Vertism, which underscores an entrepreneurial bent. His background spans sustained Ruby/Rails leadership and practical systems-thinking from early analyst-programmer roots, giving him a rare blend of long-term institutional knowledge and modern architecture practice. Known for tackling thorny technical challenges, he focuses on shipping pragmatic, auditable solutions that scale.
11 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Burnham Grammar SchoolUniversity of Leicester
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
ats10
correspondence10
finder10
gevent10
routeros10
cloud-platform10
ruby9
rails9
ruby-client9
aws9
go9
rails-app9
webapp9
mojo9
react8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ministryofjustice/family-mediators-api
Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
Family Mediators API
Contributions:69 reviews, 97 PRs, 117 pushes in 1 year 9 months
apinodejsx-justice-delivery-teammediator
ministryofjustice/request-personal-information
Apr 2024 - Mar 2025
Public site to request personal information held by the MOJ
Contributions:170 reviews, 220 PRs, 358 pushes in 11 months
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