John Lay
Platform Software Manager
Cork, Munster, Ireland
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Top SchoolJohn Lay is a platform-focused software manager with 11 years of hands-on and leadership experience, currently leading cross-functional teams at Logitech to deliver maintainable, clean-code mobile and desktop solutions. He combines a decade of commercial software development with senior management roles across mixed reality, data discovery, loyalty platforms and e-learning, comfortably navigating startups and large multinationals. Technically fluent in C#, Scala and JavaScript, he has deep experience with web architectures, microservices, ML-driven data classification stacks, and complex distributed deployments. John is skilled at scaling remote, multi-time-zone teams and embedding engineering best practices—bringing process rigor from regulated medical-device work to fast-moving product environments. A lifelong retro-gaming tinkerer, many of his personal projects reflect that 90s-inspired curiosity, underscoring a creative approach to problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
HND, Software Engineering, HND, Software Engineering at City of Bristol CollegeBSc (hons), Digital Entertainment, BSc (hons), Digital Entertainment at University of DerbyGCSE, GCSE at Henbury School (Bristol)GNVQ (Advanced Level), Information & Communication Technology (PASS), GNVQ (Advanced Level), Information & Communication Technology (PASS) at Henbury School, Post-16 (Bristol)
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Github Skills (14)
drag-and-drop10
vault8
html6
consul6
microservices6
javascript6
model-view-controller6
jquery6
webconfig6
regex6
htmlagilitypack6
checkbox6
top-down3
game-development2
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
john-lay/zeldas-adventure
Feb 2022 - Jan 2026
Contributions:15 releases, 61 PRs, 385 pushes in 4 years
john-lay/castle-plun-darr
Jan 2020 - May 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 35 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 5 months
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