Jamie Brown
Engineering Manager (Senior Software Engineer 2) at Financial Times
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJamie Brown is an Engineering Manager and seasoned software leader with 10 years’ experience building and scaling editorial products at the Financial Times from hands-on developer to manager. They lead cross-functional teams, run delivery and technical direction for multiple products, and created an "Ongoing Improvements" framework that measurably boosted velocity while reducing blockers. Jamie championed the FT-wide rollout of AI-assisted development—running workshops and hackathons to upskill engineers in agentic coding practices—and has stepped into product leadership during vacancies to keep roadmaps on track. Beyond engineering, Jamie co-leads the FT Proud ERG, influencing company policy and securing substantial pro-bono support for LGBT+ organisations, and runs internal culture initiatives that improve team cohesion. With a background in computer programming and an undergraduate degree in Economic and Political Sociology, they blend technical craft, people management, and a systems view of product and organisational change.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Programming, Computer Programming at MakersBA (Hons) in Economic and Political Sociology, Economic and Political Sociology, BA (Hons) in Economic and Political Sociology, Economic and Political Sociology at University of Sussex
Github Skills (31)
twitter9
rebuild9
explore9
twilio8
instagram7
nodejs7
fmi7
react7
css6
javascript6
python5
rails4
mvc4
playing4
lambda4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ftlabs/left
May 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:76 commits, 12 PRs, 63 pushes in 1 year 2 months
LGBT-hackers/open_index
Nov 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:62 commits, 23 PRs, 42 pushes in 2 months
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