Nigel Hough
Engineering Manager at Aptem
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNigel Hough is an engineering manager with 15+ years in software engineering and over a decade of leadership experience delivering and supporting enterprise SaaS. He combines hands-on technical rigor with servant-leadership, having driven pipeline automation, static analysis, and operational monitoring to improve quality and predictability across teams. Nigel has led engineering disciplines of 60+ engineers, run cross-functional leadership efforts, and even relocated internationally to build and scale a Sydney team, balancing recruiting, line management and coaching. Passionate about getting software into customers’ hands quickly, he emphasizes automation, testing, and observability so teams can iterate fast and own outcomes. Though active in development, he admits most of his current work commits live in private repositories—a hint at a leader who prioritizes product impact over public visibility.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Software Engineering at University of Derby
Github Skills (16)
php10
static-analysis10
php-codesniffer10
cli10
friend9
automation9
points7
testing6
architecture5
nodejs4
react4
ais4
agile4
javascript3
xss1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nigelhough/Estim8
Mar 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:30 commits, 12 pushes, 4 branches in 11 months
reactagilejavascriptestimationnodejs
nigelhough/phpcodecassonne
Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:112 commits, 8 PRs, 56 pushes in 6 months
phpaisboard-gameboardphp-project
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