Chris Blakely
Senior Software Engineer at Ctrl Alt
Belfast Metropolitan Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Blakely is a Senior Software Engineer and technical lead based in the Belfast metro area with a decade-long trajectory of building and shipping full-stack software across startups and scale-ups. He currently contributes to Ctrl Alt while also creating practical full-stack courses as a YouTube instructor, blending hands-on engineering with public teaching. His background includes senior roles at Harness and Dawson Andrews, where he focused on reliable, production-grade systems and mentoring peers. A First Class honours graduate from Queen’s University Belfast, he combines strong academic grounding with varied industry experience from graduate roles to senior engineering. Chris brings a pragmatic focus on delivery and developer experience, and his public teaching suggests an ability to distill complex engineering topics for broader audiences. Notably, he balances commercial engineering with community-facing education, making him effective at both building systems and upskilling teams.
6 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computing Information Technology, First Class Honours, Bachelor's Degree, Computing Information Technology, First Class Honours at Queen's University BelfastHigh School, High School at Holy Cross College Strabane
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Github Skills (10)
fullcalendar6
asp-net-mvc6
movie6
database-design6
jquery6
inheritance6
redux6
react5
playing3
redux-toolkit2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
chrisblakely01/todo-list-redux-toolkit
Feb 2020 - Mar 2020
Playing around with the redux toolkit
Contributions:2 commits in 1 month
reactreduxplayingredux-toolkit
chrisblakely01/react-notes-app
Apr 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:3 commits in 21 days
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