Ed Wilson
Staff Software Engineer at Bazaarvoice
Harrogate, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolEd Wilson is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building and modernizing backend and full‑stack systems across regulated and high‑traffic domains. He blends hands‑on coding (Scala, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript) with technical leadership—shaping architecture, CI/CD, and roadmaps for teams of up to 13 while mentoring engineers from junior to principal levels. Notable wins include saving Bazaarvoice ~$1M annually through an NLP optimisation of a legacy moderation system and bringing decade‑old services up to modern standards using GitHub Actions. He’s delivered critical public‑sector projects (HMRC email templates, GOV.UK import/export services) and commercial platforms (PokerStars product catalogue, Auto Trader APIs), showing strength in both product discovery and reliable delivery. Based in Harrogate, he pairs academic rigor from an MPhys in Physics with entrepreneurial grit from running a viral e‑commerce venture.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MPhys (Hons) Physics, MPhys (Hons) Physics at The University of ManchesterGCSE & A Levels Physics Maths Business Chemistry, GCSE & A Levels Physics Maths Business Chemistry at Ilkley Grammar School
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Github Skills (19)
templater10
template-engine10
scala10
email-templates10
html10
template-tags10
permission9
iis9
asp-net6
jackson6
spring-boot6
gradle6
yahoo-finance6
spring6
java6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hmrc/hmrc-email-renderer
Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 5 PRs, 3 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ed primarily focused on developing and modifying email templates within the `hmrc-email-renderer` repository. Their work involved creating new templates for digital tariff applications and modifying existing ones to refine content and improve clarity. The user also updated service identifiers and template locators to integrate the new email templates within the application. These changes involved modifications to both the HTML and Scala code.
ed0906/mjml4j
May 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch, 4 comments in 4 years 3 months
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