Mike Cook
Software Engineer at Wordsmith AI
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Cook is a seasoned software engineer based in Edinburgh with 11 years of experience building production-ready web platforms and leading engineering teams. He has progressed from front-end developer and manager roles into senior and director-level engineering positions, most recently joining Wordsmith AI after steering engineering at TravelNest. Comfortable across the stack, Mike blends pragmatic, rapid delivery with process improvements and mentorship—skills honed while managing front-end teams and shipping at scale for companies like FanDuel. He has a track record of turning product requirements into reliable systems and a knack for balancing speed with maintainability that helps teams move faster without accruing technical debt.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Lancaster Royal Grammar School
English
Github Skills (44)
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
dts10
directive9
gulp-task8
electron7
microsoft7
vscode-extension7
vscode7
range-slider7
editor7
markov-model7
visual-studio6
visual-studio-code6
base645
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
migstopheles/weather-app
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:5 PRs, 7 pushes, 6 branches in 6 months
migstopheles/DefinitelyTyped
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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