Ash Kirby
Engineering Manager at Nationwide Building Society
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAsh Kirby is an experienced engineering manager with 11+ years in technology roles at Nationwide Building Society, currently leading an 18-person multi-skilled team designing and operating mortgage systems. He combines deep financial services domain knowledge with hands-on delivery across software, cloud, test and infrastructure, having progressed from web consultant to lead technical specialist and environment delivery manager. Known for managing complex stakeholder expectations and blended onshore/offshore teams, he focuses on developing people and applying pragmatic methodologies to consistently meet objectives. Ash’s career reflects rare continuity within a large institution, giving him institutional product insight as well as the adaptability to tackle fresh, cross-functional challenges.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Distinction, Computer Studies, Distinction, Computer Studies at Churchfields Secondary
Github Skills (30)
python10
django10
infrastructure-management10
netbox10
sector10
network10
network-automation10
asset-management9
simulate7
mysql7
monitoring7
qr-code7
elasticsearch6
data-visualization6
go6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
arcticash/devicetype-library
Sep 2022 - May 2025
A collection of community-sourced DeviceType definitions for import to NetBox
Contributions:1 review, 3 PRs, 70 pushes in 2 years 9 months
community-sourcednetboxdefinitionsandroid
arcticash/arcticash
Jul 2021 - Jan 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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