Paul Adams
Senior Engineering Manager Platform Enablement
Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Adams is a seasoned technology leader with two decades of experience building platform and DevOps organisations, currently focused on Platform Enablement at Civica. He has repeatedly scaled engineering functions across startups and large enterprises—establishing Vercel's European subsidiary, leading Scout24 through remote-first productivity during COVID, and shaping Deliveroo’s platform for 500+ engineers. A hands-on manager turned strategic leader, he combines team empowerment, observability, and FinOps to remove barriers to developer productivity and drive long-term solutions over quick fixes. His open-source credentials include maintenance work on Habitat core plans, showing attention to build systems and dependency hygiene beyond managerial duties. Paul holds a PhD researching productivity in free software development, a background that informs his evidence-based approach to engineering culture and tooling. Based in Kinross, Scotland, he is aiming for senior leadership in scale-ups where he can blend technical stewardship with organisational design.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Software Engineering at Durham UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Sustaining Productivity in Free Software Development, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Sustaining Productivity in Free Software Development at University of Lincoln
Github Skills (13)
dependency-management10
sh10
script10
shell10
package-management10
scripting10
build-automation10
gnu-make8
c117
c177
git6
cprogramming-language5
c-language5
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
habitat-sh/core-plans
May 2017 - Apr 2018
Core Habitat Plan definitions
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:11 commits, 19 PRs, 44 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on maintaining and updating core plan definitions for the Habitat package manager. Their contributions involved modifying build scripts, including dependency updates and bug fixes across several packages like R, Gnuplot, and Harfbuzz. They also added missing URLs and descriptions and introduced new packages to enhance the build process.
planhabitatpackage-managerdefinitionspackages
baggerspion/baggerspion
Nov 2020 - Mar 2024
Source for the Baggerspion website
Contributions:6 PRs, 161 pushes, 39 branches in 3 years 4 months
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