Summary
Hazel Wright is a backend-focused full-stack software engineer and technical lead with 11 years’ experience building production systems for startups and scaleups, currently contributing at Stripe from London. She specialises in Python-driven services and React frontends, with a track record of leading teams and shipping resilient, scalable features at Zego and Conversocial. Her background spans airline and consultancy systems early in her career, giving her strong foundations in reliability and integration work. A first-class Computer Science graduate from the University of Leicester, she combines hands-on coding with people leadership and a pragmatic, product-minded engineering approach. Notably, she prefers roles where she can pair backend service design with front-end polish, making her effective at end-to-end ownership.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 1st class honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 1st class honours at University of Leicester