Chris Tierney
Engineering Lead at KPV LAB Edinburgh
Greater Edinburgh Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Tierney is an engineering leader with nine years of formal experience and a long career of technical leadership spanning startups, enterprise transformation and embedded systems. Currently Engineering Lead at KPV LAB Edinburgh, he previously co-founded and led engineering at fast-moving startups and ran multi-team software organisations at Cloudreach and AND Digital, shaping architecture, delivery and hiring. He moves comfortably between product-focused web stacks (Next.js, GraphQL, TypeScript) and low-level systems (C++, embedded Linux, ROS), applying rigorous engineering practices to preserve quality amid rapid iteration. Known for balancing delivery velocity with user experience, he has repeatedly steered teams through changing product visions and enterprise constraints. With a DPhil in Physics and a background in robotics, games and cloud platforms, he brings a rare mix of scientific training and practical software craftsmanship to complex, multidisciplinary problems.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Physics, 1st class, BSc (Hons), Physics, 1st class at The University of ManchesterMSc, Entertainment Software Development, Awarded with distinction, MSc, Entertainment Software Development, Awarded with distinction at Sheffield Hallam UniversityDPhil, Physics, Awarded 1997, DPhil, Physics, Awarded 1997 at University of Sussex
English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (7)
sceptre10
aws10
devops9
python9
infrastructure9
terraform8
infrastructure-as-code7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
notproperlycut/functional-web-development-with-elixir
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
notproperlycut/bcs-theory-in-10-minutes
Sep 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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