Summary
Arran Maclean is a Contract Senior Software Developer with 11 years of hands-on experience delivering commercial web applications across government, finance, and consumer sectors. He specializes in full-lifecycle projects using C#, .NET/.NET Core, React, TypeScript, Azure pipelines and API-first designs, and has recently improved DEFRA’s import/export certificate systems with features like certificate cloning and streamlined inspection workflows. Comfortable leading teams and shaping architecture, he pairs strong TDD and API (OpenAPI/GraphQL) practices with pragmatic UI/UX and Gov.UK accessibility compliance. His background ranges from high-throughput data processing and e-commerce to mobile apps and CMS-driven sites (Umbraco), reflecting a knack for choosing low-maintenance, user-focused platforms. Arran also brings measurable delivery discipline from repeated contract leadership roles (team lead, scrum master) in regulated environments. Colleagues would note his blend of technical breadth and an eye for operational simplicity that keeps solutions maintainable after handover.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer