Dominic Sayers
Head Of Engineering at Tussell
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDominic Sayers is a seasoned technology leader with 16 years of experience, currently serving as Head of Engineering at Tussell where he drives the vision, strategy and execution for a market-leading public sector procurement data platform. He has a consistent track record of scaling multi-skilled teams, delivering secure, compliance-driven platforms (ISO 27001, CREST pentesting) and launching innovative products in regulated environments. As former CTO of Neural Alpha he integrated LLM features and tackled technical debt to improve performance for high-stakes financial clients, blending product-led thinking with engineering rigour. Dominic’s early startup experience as a founder taught him pragmatic trade-offs—he built Xenapto with lean tooling and even implemented a custom Aho-Corasick adaptation to achieve 10x text-parsing efficiency. He pairs deep operational experience across banks and startups with a talent for aligning engineering practice to business outcomes, and is notable for championing measurable improvements (DORA metrics, CI/CD discipline) that come from all levels of the organisation. Based in London, he focuses on turning complex, heterogeneous data into trusted intelligence while fostering high-performing teams.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
ISEB ITIL, ISEB ITIL at Manager's Certificate in IT Service ManagementOpen Business School Professional Certificate in Management, Open Business School Professional Certificate in Management at Professional Certificate in ManagementCarnegie Mellon SEI CMMI, Carnegie Mellon SEI CMMI at Introduction to CMMI v1.1ITIL Expert (ITIL v3) ITIL, ITIL Expert (ITIL v3) ITIL at ITIL Expert (ITIL v3)
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dominicsayers/docker-sidekiqweb
Jun 2018 - Mar 2025
Contributions:14 PRs, 16 pushes, 16 branches in 6 years 10 months
dominicsayers/isemail.info
Dec 2016 - Nov 2024
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Contributions:8 PRs, 31 pushes, 9 branches in 8 years
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