Summary
Laurence Lord is a Staff Software Engineer based in London with 11 years of professional experience building high-performance web platforms and leading engineering teams. He blends a strong frontend craft—React, Next.js, TypeScript, semantic HTML and design systems—with cloud-native patterns (AWS, Serverless, Terraform) and domain-driven approaches to deliver maintainable, scalable products. Laurence has a track record of lifting teams and platforms—most notably driving a Next.js/GraphQL replatform at a major retailer that materially increased revenue—while championing TDD, continuous delivery and a blame-free engineering culture. Beyond full-time roles he runs a creative side-hustle (DC5B) where he experiments with e-commerce, art and UX, reflecting a rare mix of technical discipline and design-led thinking. He’s as comfortable pair-programming and mentoring as he is architecting event-driven systems, making him a practical bridge between product, design and engineering.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA(Hons.) Visual Communications Design and Visual Communications, BA(Hons.) Visual Communications Design and Visual Communications at University of Leeds
BTEC Foundation in Art and Design Art and Design, BTEC Foundation in Art and Design Art and Design at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London
English, Portuguese, Spanish