Duncan Cumming
Lead Software Engineer at Hostelworld Group
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDuncan Cumming is a Lead Software Engineer based in London with over a decade of experience building and evolving web platforms, primarily in PHP, JavaScript and ColdFusion. He has risen through engineering ranks at Hostelworld Group after a long tenure at Hostelbookers, combining hands-on development with team leadership and product-focused delivery. Comfortable across front-end (HTML/CSS, jQuery, accessibility/usability) and back-end (SQL, server-side scripting), he focuses on pragmatic, maintainable solutions for customer-facing systems. His career shows deep continuity in travel-tech, giving him nuanced domain knowledge of booking flows and performance-sensitive services. Duncan’s background includes early web development and public sector work, which contributes to a disciplined approach to standards and user-centred design.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
University of StrathclydeBSc, Computing, BSc, Computing at Robert Gordon UniversityHND, Computing, HND, Computing at North East Scotland College
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Github Skills (44)
javascript10
google-maps10
google-maps-api10
coldfusion10
jquery9
regex9
symfony9
php9
twig9
marker8
pmd7
spin7
equivalent7
playing7
google-maps-javascript-api7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
duncancumming/maps
Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 9 months
mapplayinggoogle-maps
duncancumming/IP
May 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 month
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