Heather Poole
Senior Technical Architect at Ministry of Justice UK
Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHeather Poole is a Senior Technical Architect with 11 years' experience building and modernizing government software, currently shaping technical direction at the Ministry of Justice. She began her career in testing at HM Land Registry, progressing into test analysis and then software development where she championed agile practices and automated testing. Skilled in Python and Delphi, with practical experience in Java, React and Ruby test automation, she bridges legacy systems and modern tooling to deliver reliable, auditable solutions. Heather combines hands-on coding with architecture and team leadership, having moved rapidly through developer and lead roles within the Ministry. Based in Plymouth, she brings a pragmatic, quality-first approach to public sector technology transformation, informed by a BSc in Games Computing. An advocate for automation and process improvement, she often surfaces testing insights early in the delivery lifecycle to reduce risk and speed releases.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Games Computing, BSc, Games Computing at Lincoln University
English
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Github Skills (32)
cloud-platform10
go9
esi9
cli8
react8
nodejs8
api7
frontend7
creative-commons7
phantomjs6
poltergeist6
jekyll-theme6
cucumber6
pdf6
cucumber-jvm6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
LandRegistry/digital-register-frontend
Feb 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:1 release, 178 PRs, 173 pushes in 1 year 3 months
cssjavascriptfront-endregister
LandRegistry/digital-register-acceptance-tests
Mar 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:268 commits, 177 PRs, 192 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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