Darren Lyons is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years’ experience building and scaling FinTech and SaaS engineering organisations, currently serving as VP of Engineering after leading multiple distributed teams at Deputy. He blends hands-on technical contribution with people-first leadership—re-architecting systems to cut integration delivery from two months to a single sprint while coaching teams through rapid growth from 20 to 96 engineers. Skilled across Go, Java, AWS, observability and CI/CD, Darren focuses on performance, scalability and efficient delivery pipelines that turn prioritized ideas into validated production outcomes. He has a track record of improving manager effectiveness and developer experience, and prefers remote/hybrid models that support strong team culture. Based in Galway and returning from Sydney, he’s driven by building products that have a positive real-world impact and still finds time for hiking, family and music.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Advanced Software Engineering, Expecting first class honours degree., Master of Science (MSc), Advanced Software Engineering, Expecting first class honours degree. at University College Dublin
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, First Class Honours at National University of Ireland, Galway
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