Summary
Sean Robinson is a Director of Engineering with 12+ years leading complex, regulated digital programmes across financial services, insurance, medical and defence sectors, currently shaping AI-native engineering for Backbase’s Digital Assist. He has a rare blend of hands-on technical depth, data-science driven decision-making (R, probabilistic forecasting, Power BI) and ILM Level 7 executive coaching to grow high-performing teams across three countries. Sean has repeatedly built teams from scratch, lifting eNPS from single digits to 60+ while improving predictability (service confidence from ~50% to 85%) and cutting lead times by orders of magnitude. He architected the coordination system still used for Backbase’s most complex releases and led the world’s first Dynamic Ad Replacement rollouts across the US, UK and Germany. A former CTO and product leader, he combines product strategy, DevOps and organisation design experience with a habit of turning data into flow improvements via bespoke Agile frameworks. Outside of work he co-organises one of the UK’s largest Agile meetups and publishes a top-ranked Agile blog, signaling a persistent focus on community and practical thought leadership.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Data Scientist with R, Data Science, Data Scientist with R, Data Science at DataCamp
Employment Experience Diploma in Computing, Computer Science, Employment Experience Diploma in Computing, Computer Science at Brno University of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games and Programming Skills, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games and Programming Skills at University of South Wales
Oakdale Comprehensive School
BTEC National Diploma, IT, BTEC National Diploma, IT at Crosskeys College
Welsh