Summary
Joshua Swiss is a Senior Software Engineering Manager at Skyscanner with a decade of experience building and leading product-focused engineering teams. He progressed through multiple technical and managerial roles at Skyscanner, combining hands-on engineering with team leadership and delivery ownership. Earlier in his career he led technical solutions for humanitarian and development programs across fragile contexts, building offline-capable mobile apps, real-time monitoring platforms and data visualisations for clients like UNICEF and the World Bank. Comfortable with full-stack technologies (Node, Vue, PHP/Laravel, Postgres) and cloud-hosted services, he has a track record of translating complex stakeholder requirements into practical, production-ready systems. Based in Greater Glasgow, he pairs international development domain experience with strong product and people management skills, often working where technology must perform reliably in low-resource environments.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Franklin Regional High School
BA, History, Psychology, BA, History, Psychology at University of Pittsburgh
MS, Public Policy and Management, MS, Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University
English, mandinka, Spanish, French, pulaar