Cyrus Lyons
Head Of Engineering at Tunic Pay
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolCyrus Lyons is a Head of Engineering based in London with over a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams in fintech, defense, and finance. He combines a strong technical foundation from an Imperial College MEng with hands-on delivery roles at Palantir and Morgan Stanley, scaling teams and systems from prototype to production. Known for empathetic leadership and a focus on engineering culture, he excels at stakeholder engagement and empowering diverse teams to build robust, high-quality technology. Cyrus has recent leadership experience accelerating UK engineering at Rebellion Defense before taking the helm at Tunic Pay, demonstrating an ability to move between high-security and fast-moving startup environments. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who prioritizes sustainable practices and long-term team growth.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MEng, Computing, MEng, Computing at Imperial College London
Github Skills (44)
kotlin9
aws-lambda9
throughput9
shell8
docker8
monorepo8
scalable8
storage8
scala8
java8
golang8
javascript7
transactional7
buck7
pants7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cbwl/jit_image_manipulation
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:1 push, 4 branches in 1 day
manipulationsymphonyimage-manipulationon-the-fly
cbwl/s3upload_field
Aug 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
cmsfile-uploadsymphonyamazonamazon-s3
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