Kristie Yorkston
Lead Software Engineer at FanDuel
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolKristie Yorkston is a Lead Software Engineer based in Edinburgh with nine years of progressive experience at FanDuel, evolving from junior developer to engineering lead while shipping production web systems. Trained originally in archaeology and later retrained in software development at CodeClan, she blends a researcher's curiosity with pragmatic engineering practices—a combination she still hopes to fuse professionally someday. Comfortable across the web stack (self-described "Webineer"), she focuses on building reliable, scalable features and mentoring teams through growth and technical change. Currently driving delivery and architecture at a major consumer tech company, she pairs domain empathy with hands-on coding and a habit of learning new disciplines, evidenced by concurrent studies in physics.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Archaeology, 2.1, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Archaeology, 2.1 at The University of EdinburghBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at The Open UniversityHigh School, High School at St Margaret's AcademyPDA: Software Development Qualification, Computer Software Engineering, PDA: Software Development Qualification, Computer Software Engineering at CodeClan
French, German
Github Skills (42)
javascript10
harness10
flatlist10
rxjs10
redux10
preact10
inferno10
xstream10
reactive-programming10
inline-styles10
react10
reactive9
wkwebview9
typescript9
version-control9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kyorkston/refract
Sep 2018 - Mar 2021
Master your component's side-effects through the power of reactive programming
Contributions:2 PRs, 9 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 6 months
reactstate-managementmasterreactive-programmingpower
kyorkston/kyorkston
Nov 2018 - Apr 2022
Personal website used for tech experiments
Contributions:36 PRs, 42 pushes, 25 branches in 3 years 4 months
reactjsjavascriptnextjsreact
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