Natalie Akam
Senior Web Engineer at Starling Bank
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNatalie Akam is a Senior Web Engineer based in London with 11 years of experience building accessible, responsive front-end applications and leading cross-functional teams. She specialises in JavaScript/TypeScript and React, with practical expertise in testing (RTL, Playwright), AWS, and developer experience improvements that reduce maintenance overhead. At Trainline she led white-labelling and accessibility efforts under tight deadlines, and more recently advocated for testing and a11y-driven design while mentoring engineers at ECA International before joining Starling Bank. Known for translating complex requirements into clean, well-tested code, she pairs technical leadership with strong communication and empathy to align technical and non-technical stakeholders. A background in email systems and marketing-driven engineering gives her a pragmatic product sensibility that informs decisions about trade-offs and user impact.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Chemistry, BSc Chemistry at University of NottinghamWeb Development, Web Development at Makers Academy
English, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (48)
fmi10
explore10
rebuild10
instagram9
twitter9
asp-net-core9
twilio9
asp-net9
react8
spotify8
date-fns8
climate-change8
snapshots8
spotify-api8
utilities8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
natstar93/ispy-game
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:49 commits, 40 PRs, 34 pushes in 8 days
natstar93/CV
Aug 2015 - May 2024
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Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 31 pushes in 8 years 10 months
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