Pete Otaqui
Head Of Engineering at Braithwate
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPete Otaqui is a seasoned Head of Engineering with 14+ years leading multi-team, multi-stack engineering organizations while remaining deeply hands-on in code and architecture. He specializes in the JavaScript ecosystem but brings practical experience across Java, C#, Python and Ruby, and has led delivery across startups, scale-ups and large corporates in Financial Services, Broadcast Media and Education. Pete has a track record of scaling teams (from single squads to 24 engineers), improving SDLC and engineering practices, and influencing broader business and product strategy. He combines people leadership with technical stewardship—encouraging pair programming, technical show-and-tells and DORA-driven improvements—to boost team effectiveness. Based in the Greater Brighton area, he continues to write code even as he shapes architecture and delivery at Braithwate. An early web developer turned director, he often bridges UX, front-end frameworks and backend integrations in complex regulated environments.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BA Hons Media Arts, BA Hons Media Arts at University of PlymouthWells Cathedral School
Arabic, French
Stackoverflow
1,452reputation
1.5mreached
26answers
1question
php
top-5%
laravel
top-5%
Github Skills (181)
visual-studio10
editor10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
javascript-decorators10
react10
memoize9
javascript9
laravel9
cli9
dispatch9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pete-otaqui/newslick
Sep 2013 - Jul 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 2 pushes in 5 years 11 months
pete-otaqui/pete-otaqui.github.io
Nov 2016 - Aug 2022
Otaqui.com website
Contributions:1 PR, 25 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 9 months
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