Sam Poate
Lead Software Engineer at The Keyholding Company
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Poate is a Lead Software Engineer based in England with a decade of experience delivering front-end driven products and leading engineering teams at The Keyholding Company and multiple startups. Trained as a Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer, he combines disciplined systems thinking with hands-on front-end skills honed building live event tech and customer-facing web apps. He has a track record of shipping high-pressure, high-visibility projects—previously producing live web pages for Channel 4 and major global events—while moving from specialist event technology roles into senior engineering leadership. Comfortable both freelancing and scaling product teams, Sam emphasizes clear stakeholder communication, commercial awareness, and pragmatic delivery. Colleagues know him for turning ambiguous requirements into polished user experiences and for a playful, opportunistic approach to experimentation—"It's not a bug, it's an unplanned feature."
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Mechanical Engineering at University of PortsmouthMilton Abbey School
Github Skills (58)
redux-thunk10
redux10
redux-observable10
firebase10
react-hooks9
css9
nodejs9
chrome9
react9
html8
javascript8
electron7
desktop7
windows7
react-redux-firebase7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
SamPoate/athlete-movement
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:40 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
SamPoate/AtlanticTitan
Feb 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:73 pushes, 16 branches in 11 months
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