Summary
Owen Merry is a Senior Software Engineer based in the UK with over a decade of experience building and designing web products across front-end and back-end stacks. He has practical expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, React), build tools (Gulp, Webpack), and server-side technologies including PHP frameworks like Laravel and Silverstripe, plus SQL and CSS preprocessors. At Skyscanner he has moved from hands-on senior engineering into an engineering manager role focused on the developer platform, demonstrating an ability to both ship code and lead product-focused engineering efforts. His background spans agencies to scale-ups, delivering white-label and enterprise dashboards as well as consumer-facing systems, and he maintains a portfolio that highlights his combined design and engineering sensibility. Notably, he blends visual design instincts with deep implementation knowledge, making him effective at translating UX goals into maintainable, production-ready code.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Online Marketing & Advertising, Diploma Online Marketing & Advertising at Fitzswilliam Institute
Advanced Diploma Multimedia Adv Diploma, Advanced Diploma Multimedia Adv Diploma at Senior College Dun Laoghaire