Megan Bell
Director Of UK Technology Delivery at Freelance
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMegan Bell is an engineering leader with two decades of hands-on technical experience and 14 years in senior engineering roles, currently shaping platform strategy as an Engineering Manager at Contentful. She has led organisations of up to 50 engineers through cloud modernisation, headless CMS adoption, DevOps transformations and AI-accelerated development, consistently improving delivery velocity and test automation efficiency. Megan pairs architectural credibility with strong people development—hiring, succession planning and mentoring future technical leaders across distributed teams. Her background spans e-commerce, healthcare R&D and enterprise platforms, with measurable wins such as a 65% reduction in test execution time and a 15% uplift in delivery via AI tooling. An experienced public speaker and LGBTQ+ inclusion advocate, she brings communication skills that influence product, commercial and executive stakeholders alike. Based in the UK and grounded in systems and database expertise from early career roles, she combines pragmatic engineering with strategic leadership to drive large-scale transformation.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree BEng Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree BEng Mechanical Engineering at University of LeedsA-Level Economics, A-Level Economics at Stanborough School
Spanish, German, French, English
Github Skills (2)
engine7
game-engine5
Github contributions (5)
mjhbell/node-poker
Jan 2012 - May 2014
Contributions:22 commits in 2 years 4 months
holdemtexastexas-holdemenginegame-engine
mjhbell/contentful-json-validator
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026
Contributions:5 pushes in 1 month
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