Edward Blackburn is a Principal Engineer with 13 years of professional experience who helps organisations move faster by aligning architecture to measurable business outcomes. He has steered platform transformations and shaped architecture practices across both startups and large enterprises, from Transport for London and GSK to Cazoo and Artlogic. Comfortable pair-programming with teams as much as setting strategic direction, he combines hands-on domain modelling with coaching, collaborative design and workshop-led alignment between tech and business. His track record emphasizes cost reduction, resilience improvements and unlocking growth through pragmatic architectural choices. Based in Sevenoaks, England, Ed evolved from software engineer to architect by focusing on outcomes rather than technology for its own sake — a practical bias that consistently turns complex requirements into deliverable systems.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computing and Information Systems, BSc Computing and Information Systems at University of the West of England
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