Summary
Richard Bell is an engineering lead based in Edinburgh with 11 years of experience transitioning from chemical engineering to building robust software systems. He combines hands-on full‑stack development (React, Node, Go, Python) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform, CDK) with a strong TDD and CI/CD mindset, having implemented reusable pipelines across multiple engagements. Richard has led teams and delivery as a scrum master and lead engineer, improving agile processes and mentoring junior developers while also shipping production integrations and microservices for banks and enterprise clients. Notably, he has independently delivered end-to-end API integrations and documented handovers to enable smooth operational transition, showing an appetite for both technical depth and practical knowledge transfer.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng) Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering at The University of Edinburgh
English, Spanish