Ruairidh Holwill is a Senior Software Engineer based in Edinburgh with seven years of experience bridging finance and product-driven tech environments. After retraining at CodeClan, he progressed through support and engineering management roles at FreeAgent into a senior engineering position, blending customer-focused problem solving with people leadership. He brings practical experience shipping user-centered features informed by earlier operations and UX testing work at Estendio, giving him a strong empathy for end users and cross-functional collaboration. Comfortable at both technical and managerial levels, he excels at turning complex business requirements from the finance domain into reliable, maintainable software. Colleagues describe him as motivated by continuous learning and by mentoring others, often leaning on his support background to improve observability and incident response.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA Hons Finance, BA Hons Finance at University of Strathclyde
George Watsons College
SCQF Professional Development Award Level 8 Software Development, SCQF Professional Development Award Level 8 Software Development at CodeClan
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Ruairidh Holwill - Senior Software Engineer at FreeAgent