John Mcgettrick
Head Of Engineering at Oak
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Mcgettrick is a pragmatic Head of Engineering with over 20 years of hands-on software experience and a decade-plus in leadership, currently scaling engineering at Oak from hiring through delivery and external partnerships. He specialises in turning team-level craft into organisation-wide capability—embedding robust QA, evolving delivery processes, and improving developer experience across distributed, agile teams. Comfortable both coaching individual engineers and aligning technical execution with product and business strategy, he has repeatedly built high-performing, delivery-focused teams and reduced operational friction such as on-call burden. His background ranges from early web development to leading integration platforms and modernisation projects, giving him a strong appreciation for legacy systems and pragmatic migration. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he combines a practical engineering mindset with a clear focus on hiring, career development and measurable process improvement.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
2:1, Computing (Internet & Multimedia), 2:1, Computing (Internet & Multimedia) at Robert Gordon UniversityElgin High School
Github Skills (26)
categories10
moodle10
crowd10
duplicates10
jstree10
zeal10
customisation10
portal10
roku10
elearning9
learning-management-system9
lms9
mhealth9
usability8
babel-plugin8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jmcgettrick/moodle-plagiarism_turnitin-archived
Feb 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:3 releases, 49 PRs, 72 pushes in 7 months
fixesmasterpull-requestsplagiarismmoodle
danmarsden/moodle-plagiarism_turnitin_danmarsden_old
Jan 2014 - Jun 2021
Contributions:815 commits in 7 years 6 months
plagiarismmoodle
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