Summary
Daniel Apt is a Software Development Manager based in London with 11 years of experience building high-performing engineering teams across startups and enterprise, including multiple product launches at Amazon used by over 60 million customers. He combines a design-led engineering background with hands-on program and product management, having driven org-wide standards like CI/CD adoption across 60+ projects and improved engineering efficiency by 40% YoY. At Amazon he has hired teams from scratch, standardized intake and scrum workflows, and managed complex transfers of systems serving 100M+ monthly users while negotiating a $155M business transfer. A former startup second-hire and founder-level freelancer, he brings a maker’s sensibility—UX, front-end development, and patented inventions like SmileCode—that helps translate customer-facing design into scalable technical execution.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, Nature & Mechanics + Nature & Health, VWO, Nature & Mechanics + Nature & Health at St. Ignatius Gymnasium
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Design for Graphic Communication, Upper Second Class Honours (2.1), Bachelor of Arts (BA), Design for Graphic Communication, Upper Second Class Honours (2.1) at London College of Communication
English, Dutch