Joel Pickin
Head Of Engineering at ION
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Pickin is a self-taught Head of Engineering with 8+ years of hands-on experience shipping full-stack web and mobile products across finance, construction, and gambling. He progressed from solo developer to technical lead and now runs engineering at ION, pairing C# .NET backends with Next.js frontends to deliver pragmatic, production-ready systems. Joel champions a builder mentality — he writes about product development (thisisbuiltwith.ai) and grows learning communities (The Self-Taught Tech Network), demonstrating a focus on developer enablement beyond code. Known for rapid iteration and practical solutions, he combines leadership, mentoring, and entrepreneurship to scale teams and products. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he’s driven by the belief that curiosity and access beat credentials, and often turns that ethos into tangible hiring, onboarding, and community-building practices.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Yorkshire Coast CollegeFull Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCampRaincliffe SchoolComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Self-taught
English
Github Skills (18)
xamarin-community-toolkit10
xamarin-android9
uwp9
xamarin-forms9
vanilla-javascript8
uwp-apps8
effects8
android8
csharp7
ios7
xamarin7
technical-writing6
react5
css5
maccatalyst5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JoelPickin/ProjectOMatic
Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
An introduction to open-source and technical writing for developers of every level and skill set.
Contributions:7 reviews, 9 commits, 1 PR in 2 months
for-developersbeginners-friendlytechnical-writing
piknmix/100-days-of-code
Sep 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:26 pushes in 1 year 10 months
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