Chris Atkin
Principal Software Engineer at Sainsbury's
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Atkin is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years at Sainsbury’s, progressing from data analyst and sysadmin into senior engineering and now principal-level responsibility for full-stack JavaScript and TypeScript systems. He specializes in building testable, production-ready backend and React frontend solutions and takes pride in owning and supporting the products he ships. Comfortable across the delivery lifecycle, Chris blends pragmatic problem-solving with mentorship and architecture-driven decisions to improve reliability and developer experience. Based in England with a BSc in Physics, he brings analytical rigor from a scientific background and a playful side—he describes himself as a “rabbit pesterer” on GitHub—reflecting a collaborative, curious approach to engineering.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics at The University of Hull
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Github Skills (200)
testing10
phaser10
browser10
html10
credentials10
static-site-generator10
secret-management10
ssg10
visualization10
vercel10
facebook-instant-games10
scanning10
devsecops10
terraform10
react-framework10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
atkinchris/statslogger
Dec 2018 - Apr 2020
Tool to log system stats to stdout or a file
Contributions:12 releases, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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atkinchris/custom-iso
Sep 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:260 pushes, 48 branches, 10 comments in 2 years 2 months
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