Colin W
Engineering Manager at Glean
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolColin W is an Engineering Manager based in Leeds with 14 years’ experience leading cross-functional teams to build high-quality, user-focused software in health tech, e-commerce, and tooling. He combines hands-on experience in test automation, frontend and backend stacks (JavaScript, Python, PHP, Docker) with a strong emphasis on Lean, Agile and validated-learning practices to continuously improve product quality and delivery. Colin has scaled teams and delivery practices at Neova Health and Glean, led capability and tech initiatives at BJSS, and launched product-side startups like Reciprocal.dev and JiffyCV that reflect his interest in shared understanding and UX-driven tooling. He’s equally comfortable shipping code and shaping culture, and brings a musician’s attention to craft—his GitHub interests span development practices, Metal and chiptune—hinting at a creative, iterative approach to engineering problems.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels Art Media ICT, A Levels Art Media ICT at Kingston CollegeBishopsford Community SchoolBA (Hons) Digital Art, BA (Hons) Digital Art at University of West London
English, sql, javascript, php, scala, python, css, html, xml, json, xsl, bash
Github Skills (95)
svg10
collaboration10
sketch10
django10
drawing10
sdk10
diagram10
solidworks10
whiteboard10
health10
multiplayer10
mental-health10
canvas10
react10
midi9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Gimpneek/PoGoSnap-API
Mar 2018 - Apr 2019
API for PoGoSnap
Contributions:84 PRs, 384 pushes, 168 branches in 1 year
apipython
Gimpneek/colinwren.is
Feb 2015 - Dec 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 55 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
wren
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