Samuel Slade
Head Of Group Software at BPP
Warrington, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSamuel Slade is a pragmatic software leader with 11 years of hands-on engineering experience and a 15-year background in the industry, currently heading Group Software at BPP where he shapes architecture, delivery and strategy across a global EdTech transformation. He combines deep technical breadth—from cloud-native microservices, serverless and Kubernetes to front-end React and GraphQL—with a proven track record of driving scalable, secure platforms and CI/CD practices in regulated and enterprise settings. Samuel frequently moves between hands-on delivery and senior strategy, having built and led architecture teams, mentored engineers, and stepped into front-end roles to unblock projects when needed. He founded Slade Software to consult on enterprise architecture and continuous improvement, and has advised early-stage founders on prioritising high-impact technical decisions. Known for translating complex business goals into pragmatic architectural choices, he balances tactical delivery with long-term platform health. Based in Warrington, UK, he aspires to CTO roles and brings a curious, product-minded approach that surfaces practical innovation rather than chasing the “art of the possible.”
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Games Programming, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Games Programming at The University of HuddersfieldA-Level, A-Level at Trafford CollegeGCSE, GCSE at Wellington Road High School
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aws8
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generics6
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visual-studio6
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escaping6
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
bucketscan/bucketscan
Mar 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:5 reviews, 28 PRs, 100 pushes in 7 months
sladesoftware/atomos
Sep 2020 - Apr 2023
Project Atomos is the repository for the company website.
Contributions:1 review, 26 PRs, 72 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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