Ben Allen
Engineering Manager at Which?
Gravesham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Allen is an engineering manager with 11 years of software experience and a decade-plus track record leading frontend and cross-functional teams, most notably seven years at Time Out where he progressed from web developer to interim head of engineering. He combines hands-on coding and technical leadership with a strong focus on building relationships, mentoring engineers, and aligning product, design and ops to deliver efficient, cost-conscious solutions. Passionate about web performance and the environmental cost of technology, Ben advocates for sustainable, high-performing websites as a core part of engineering strategy. He’s comfortable both rolling up his sleeves on implementations and scaling teams and processes as they grow—former colleagues nickname him the team “wiki” for his institutional knowledge. Outside work he explores digital publishing, TTRPG formats and storytelling, and even paints tiny models—an indicator of his attention to craft and detail. Now based in Gravesham and currently managing engineering at Which?, he brings curiosity-driven pragmatism to solving complex web challenges.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
A levels Computer Science Business studies Maths, A levels Computer Science Business studies Maths at Saint Georges CofE
Github Skills (28)
javascript10
react-native10
testing10
typescript10
vite10
web-components10
webpack10
vue10
html10
svelte10
react10
documentation10
angular10
storybook9
ui-components9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
benjambles/my-own-world
Jul 2014 - Jan 2023
World creation tools
Contributions:139 commits, 8 PRs, 113 pushes in 8 years 7 months
minecraftcreation
timeoutdigital/preview-deploy-action
Nov 2020 - Nov 2020
Github action to deploy preview stack
Contributions:7 reviews, 5 comments in 1 day
deploymentpreview-deploydocker
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