David Lawes
Senior Software Engineer at OVO
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Lawes is a Senior Software Engineer based in Cambridge with seven years of software experience and an earlier background in embedded and railway systems engineering. He has moved from hardware-focused roles into full-stack web development, contributing front-end improvements to high-profile projects like The Guardian's DotCom while also working across backend migrations and admin tooling. His recent roles include senior engineering positions at abcam and OVO, reflecting a trajectory toward impactful product engineering in both consumer and enterprise domains. Comfortable navigating legacy systems and modern stacks, he combines discipline from safety-critical transport projects with a knack for polishing user-facing features and tests. An MEng in New and Renewable Energy and a later software development credential hint at a pragmatic, cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Software Development, Software Development at MakersMaster of Engineering - MEng New and Renewable Energy, Master of Engineering - MEng New and Renewable Energy at Durham University
Github Skills (7)
scala9
javascript9
html9
css9
java7
javas7
cicd6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/frontend
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
The Guardian DotCom.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:98 reviews, 116 commits, 68 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the frontend of the `guardian/frontend` repository. Their work included reordering football tables, updating navigation links for different environments, and addressing formatting issues. They also worked on hiding reader revenue callouts, removing email signup containers, and appending additional copy, primarily focusing on cleaning interactive immersives and related tests. Furthermore, they made changes related to the java 11 migration, updating the docs, and adding a new page to the admin tool.
productionguardian
LazySamir/googley-eyes
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:67 commits in 10 days
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