Nik Silver
Director at Silver Works Ltd
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNik Silver is an experienced director and technology leader with 13+ years helping organisations maximise the effectiveness of product and engineering teams across public and private sectors. He combines senior interim and consulting roles—from Interim CTO and VP of Engineering at startups and scale-ups to Agile Coach and Transformation Consultant for government bodies and universities—bringing pragmatic delivery and change leadership. Based in London and holder of a PhD in Computer Science, he blends deep technical credibility with hands-on coaching and organisational design. Nik’s career shows a pattern of stepping into high-impact, time-boxed roles to stabilise engineering delivery, raise capability, and prepare teams for sustained growth. He also runs his own consultancy, Silver Works Ltd, demonstrating entrepreneurial drive alongside a track record at names like Financial Times, Ofsted and the University of Cambridge. Notably, he frequently operates at the intersection of product, delivery and culture rather than only technology, enabling measurable improvements in value delivery.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of Leeds
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Github Skills (148)
code-completion10
code-analysis10
refactoring10
midi10
music10
ctags10
code-navigation10
client-library9
sdk9
audio9
developer-tools9
rest8
guardian8
vim8
nim-language8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
niksilver/elm-explained
Dec 2015 - May 2020
Contributions:68 commits, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
niksilver/norns
Feb 2023 - Feb 2025
norns is many sound instruments.
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 12 branches in 2 years
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