Natalie Crowe-lord is a Software Development Manager with nine years' experience designing and delivering payments technology, currently leading engineering at CPI Card Group after progressing through senior and lead roles. She brings deep domain expertise in mobile and proximity payments, HCE solutions, AWS, Django and HSM cryptography, having shipped systems for major UK Tier 1 banks. Natalie pairs hands-on server-side architecture skills with people leadership—mentoring teams to move prototypes into production across fast-moving payments projects. Unusually for a payments technologist, she holds a PhD in molecular biology, reflecting a disciplined research mindset and strong analytical rigor applied to complex engineering problems. Based in Greater Norwich, she excels at bridging technical detail and stakeholder-facing delivery in regulated financial environments.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Identification and characterisation of novel microRNAs in osteoarthritis, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Identification and characterisation of novel microRNAs in osteoarthritis at University of East Anglia
A-level, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, A-level, Maths, Biology, Chemistry at Sir John Leman High School
Contributions:30 commits, 5 PRs, 21 pushes in 4 years 5 months
apidjango-rest-apipythonapi-wrapperdjango
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Natalie Crowe-lord - Software Development Manager at CPI Card Group