Summary
John Wrightson is a Lead Solutions Engineer with nine years of cross-border experience delivering pragmatic, secure, and scalable software across publishing, events, e-commerce, fintech and travel. Based in Edinburgh, he combines hands-on engineering with solution architecture, having moved from senior and consulting roles at TravelNest and Infinity Works to his current leadership role at ScottishPower. He favors simplicity and best practices to translate business objectives into efficient, maintainable systems and is known for mentoring teams to raise delivery quality. As founder of xfol.io he brings entrepreneurial instincts and a product-minded approach that inform his technical decisions. Unusually for a senior engineer, his formal background in photography gives him a strong eye for user-facing detail and design-driven thinking.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Photography, Bachelor’s Degree Photography at University of Cumbria