Summary
Ashley Canning is a Technical Director and founder of BossLabs with 11 years of experience building games-grade tooling and scalable web platforms for startups and SMEs. He transitioned from leading engineering on major AAA titles like LEGO Harry Potter and Star Citizen to running a consultancy that reignites legacy systems and designs custom cloud-native architectures. His technical breadth spans C/C++ game engines and graphics, Unity and mobile, and full-stack web stacks including .NET Core, Node.js, TypeScript, Vue/React, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker and AWS. Known for smoothing complex development pipelines, he combines hands-on coding with product-minded engineering leadership. Based in Stockport, he also collaborates with Web3 projects such as Decentraland, reflecting a curiosity for emerging platforms alongside proven delivery experience.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Visualisation Computer Games Programming, BSc Visualisation Computer Games Programming at Teesside University