Chris Yaxley
Engineering Manager at NatWest Mentor
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Yaxley is an experienced engineering manager and full-stack developer based in London with 11 years building and leading web and connected-device teams. Currently managing engineering at NatWest Mentor after progressing from a full-stack role there, he has a track record of shipping consumer-facing applications across finance and media. His background includes leading cross-platform TV app rewrites at Discovery for Samsung, LG and Android TVs and introducing test automation with Jest and Cypress to improve delivery quality. Comfortable shifting between hands-on development and team leadership, he has driven frontend strategy as a tech lead and mentored small teams through complex refactors. A pragmatic problem-solver, he has also taken purposeful breaks—such as travelling across Japan—which reflect curiosity and resilience. He combines deep UI and frontend experience with practical delivery instincts that help bridge product, design and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Web Application Development, Bachelor of Science - BS Web Application Development at Southampton Solent
Github Skills (35)
plugin9
terraform9
terraform-provider9
chartjs9
chartjs-plugin9
azure-resource-manager9
azure9
resource-manager9
checkout8
hardware7
sdk7
swipe-gestures7
collections6
api6
square6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
chrisyaxley/react-cv-site
Apr 2018 - Feb 2020
React CV Site
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
reactjsreactreact-cvcv-site
chrisyaxley/React-Redux-Webpack-Node-Bolierplate
Mar 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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