David Eglin
Headless CMS Strategist & Architect
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Eglin is a Headless CMS strategist and architect with 13 years of experience designing content-first digital experiences for agencies and enterprise clients. He blends front-end craftsmanship and UX sensibility with technical leadership—from hands-on development to directing technology teams at AND Digital and Active Matter—to help brands adopt headless architectures and modern content workflows. Currently leading strategy at The Headless Company and freelancing via Astounding Agency, he specializes in Contentful and decoupled stacks that make complex content manageable and scalable. Based in Northampton, he brings an agency-honed mix of creativity and pragmatism, often translating client ambition into reusable content models and developer-friendly implementations. An early career background in journalism and design informs his focus on storytelling and usable content structures, not just APIs.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Media & Communications, BSc Media & Communications at Birmingham City University
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Github Skills (115)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
djeglin/Griddl
May 2013 - May 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 4 years 1 month
djeglin/ignition-scss
Jul 2013 - May 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 1 push in 3 years 10 months
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