Summary
Panagiotis Paralakis is a hands-on Head of Software Engineering based in London with 10 years of experience delivering web and mobile applications across government, enterprise and education sectors. He combines deep frontend expertise (Angular, React) and backend work in Python, Node and Rails with proven cloud skills—designing data lakes, warehouses and scalable distributed systems on AWS. Comfortable shifting between code and strategy, he has led teams, hired senior engineers, improved CI/CD pipelines, and shipped compliant GOV.UK services that passed accessibility and security audits. Known for pragmatic architecture and developer coaching, he brings an eye for detail from early e-learning and video platform projects through to product-grade MVPs. Uncommonly, he blends public sector delivery experience with startup-style MVP development, making him adept at turning constrained requirements into robust, production systems.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 7.02, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 7.02 at Hellenic Open University
London School of Economics and Political Science
Diploma in Computer Applications, Diploma in Computer Applications at IVT Training Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece
Diploma in Website Design & Development, Diploma in Website Design & Development at Intergraphics School, Thessaloniki, Greece
Greek, English