Neil Kidd
Self Employed
Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Kidd is a software developer and leader with 11 years of professional experience focused on Microsoft platforms and building maintainable, client-fit systems. He has led delivery teams in the public sector as a Lead Software Engineer at Made Tech and worked as a consultant and principal developer solving complex product and platform challenges. Neil combines hands-on engineering with coaching and organisational skills honed over roles from developer to operations manager, and he now operates as an independent practitioner under the Curious Observer banner. He stays current by co-organising and presenting at community events like Agile Staffordshire and regularly attending conferences, reflecting a genuine commitment to craftsmanship and continuous learning. Based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, he brings a pragmatic, long-term perspective to software quality and team effectiveness. A less obvious strength is his blend of delivery focus and event organisation experience, which helps him translate technical strategy into shared team practice.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSC Computing Science, Computing, BSC Computing Science, Computing at University of Staffordshire
Github Skills (58)
git10
github10
ubuntu9
virtual-machine9
terraform-module8
packer8
docker-image7
vagrant6
web-frontend6
role-based-access-control6
apply6
aws6
ansible6
react5
frontend5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
neilkidd/farmer-kalli
Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
React practice
Contributions:17 PRs, 102 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
reactjsreactreact-practice
neilkidd/provision-ubuntu2004-on-wsl2
Jul 2020 - Dec 2021
Automating provisoning ubuntu 20.04 with Ansible on WSL 2
Contributions:1 review, 44 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 5 months
ansibleubuntu
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