Summary
Jonathan Mcchesney is a Senior Software Engineer and technical leader with nine years of experience building front-end-first, full-stack SaaS and security products across startups and enterprise teams. He combines a creative background in computer games development (MEng, First Class) with production-grade skills in React, TypeScript, Next.js, GraphQL and cloud-native tooling to deliver polished UIs, performant dashboards and reliable APIs. At IBM he led front-end initiatives and mentored teams, and more recently built an AWS-based data-insights SaaS with a custom design system and scalable VisX visualisations. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs CI/CD, testing and container orchestration expertise with design-thinking and accessibility awareness to ship iteratively. He also has research experience in fog computing (IEEE/ACM paper) and a proven track record of fostering collaboration and improving delivery processes. Notably, his blend of artistic sensibility and engineering rigor helps turn complex data into intuitive, user-centred experiences.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree (MEng) Computer Games Development w/ Year In Industry, Master’s Degree (MEng) Computer Games Development w/ Year In Industry at Queen's University Belfast
A-Level Maths Physics Art & Design Media Studies, A-Level Maths Physics Art & Design Media Studies at Rathmore Grammar School
English, German, French