Shaun Bent
Engineering Manager at Spotify
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolShaun Bent is an experienced engineering manager and front-end specialist with 13 years building high-performance, scalable web platforms for organizations like Spotify and the BBC. He blends design sensibility with engineering rigor, having led redevelopment efforts for major live-event platforms that delivered significant performance gains and reusable front-end architecture across large estates. At Spotify he progressed from Senior UI Engineer to Engineering Manager, coaching teams and shaping delivery while staying hands-on with front-end development. Shaun has a track record of turning cross-discipline collaboration into measurable outcomes—introducing performance monitoring, open-source foundations, and frameworks used across multiple products. Based in Manchester, he combines practical leadership with a developer’s eye for maintainable, responsive UI systems.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computing (Multimedia), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computing (Multimedia) at University of Central LancashireBTEC National Diploma for ICT Practitioners, Information Technology, Distinction, Distinction, Distinction, BTEC National Diploma for ICT Practitioners, Information Technology, Distinction, Distinction, Distinction at Runshaw College
English
Github Skills (58)
design-tokens10
npm-package10
sass-variables10
build-system10
cross-platform10
static-site10
grid10
typography10
react10
cms9
javascript9
decap-cms9
security9
css9
gatsby9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
bbc/gel-sass-tools
Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
A collection of Sass Settings & Tools which align to key GEL values
Contributions:2 releases, 46 commits, 4 PRs in 10 months
sass
shaunbent/shaunbent
Mar 2017 - Apr 2026
Personal Website - www.shaunbent.co.uk
Contributions:30 PRs, 44 pushes, 27 branches in 9 years 2 months
reactnextjs
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