Ian Outterside
Senior Engineering Manager at Flexera
Tyneside Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIan Outterside is a Senior Engineering Manager at Flexera with over a decade of hands-on software engineering and leadership experience, specialising in mobile and web platforms. He has progressed from senior iOS developer roles to technical director and now leads engineering teams focused on scalable product delivery and architecture. His background spans full-stack LAMP/LEMP systems, Node.js APIs, and native iOS development (Objective-C/Swift), combined with practical DevOps and R&D experience. Ian is an active open-source contributor to mobile tooling—contributing iOS-focused improvements to a popular React Native Touch ID library—demonstrating a continued commitment to cross-platform compatibility and maintainable code. Based in the Tyneside area, he blends client-facing proposal and product strategy skills with deep technical execution, often bridging UX, architecture and delivery in fast-moving teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), National Diploma For IT Practitioners, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), National Diploma For IT Practitioners at Newcastle CollegeBSC hons, Computer Science - Information Systems, BSC hons, Computer Science - Information Systems at University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Github Skills (11)
apple110
objective-c10
apple210
ios10
react-native10
appleii10
webservice6
authentication6
uitableview6
iphone6
facebook6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
naoufal/react-native-touch-id
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
React Native authentication with the native Touch ID popup.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 2 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ian primarily contributed to the iOS implementation of the React Native Touch ID library. Their work focused on enhancing the authentication flow, including adding a passcode fallback option and ensuring compatibility with both biometric and passcode authentication methods. They also refactored code to improve clarity and maintainability, incorporating necessary adjustments for the Android implementation as well.
reactreact-nativeauthenticationtouchpopup
KomodoHQ/komododigital.co.uk-frontend
Sep 2018 - Aug 2019
Our New Website!
Contributions:264 commits, 54 PRs, 194 pushes in 10 months
reactjsreacttypescriptgatsbyjs
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