Chris Lightfoot-wild
Senior Software Engineer at Paddle
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorChris Lightfoot-wild is a Senior Software Engineer based in England with six years of focused experience building and scaling backend systems and data management practices. He has progressed from PHP development roles at UKFast and Gear4Music to leadership positions at Accu and now delivers platform-level improvements at Paddle, combining hands-on coding with team leadership. Known for driving automation, improving product integration, and setting best practices, he balances technical rigor with an approachable, positive leadership style. His background also includes operational IT and VoIP support, giving him practical insight into systems reliability and customer-facing infrastructure. This blend of development, operations, and people management helps him turn complex requirements into maintainable, auditable solutions.
6 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (12)
sdk9
php8
ups-api8
vonage7
api-platform6
laravel6
stripe6
webhooks6
rest-api5
http5
documentation3
livewire1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
acculimited/postmen-sdk
Sep 2020 - Apr 2022
PHP SDK for Postmen.com Parcel Shipping API.
Contributions:7 releases, 2 reviews, 127 commits in 1 year 6 months
phpaftershippostmensdk
accu-clw/traefik-reverse-proxy
Nov 2019 - Jul 2021
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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