Simon Laing
Principal Software Engineer at Gearset
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSimon Laing is a Principal Software Engineer with nearly two decades of professional experience, currently shaping platform and delivery at Gearset after leading teams at Scott Logic and multiple financial services firms. He has deep expertise in building client-focused solutions across vehicular, estate administration and predominantly financial sectors, moving from hands-on development to technical leadership roles. For over a decade he has led and mentored engineering teams, prioritising clear communication, security, and process improvement to raise delivery quality. Simon combines pragmatic engineering with advisory instincts—comfortable both getting stuck into code and steering architecture and team practices. Based in Bristol, he brings a steady track record of translating complex domain requirements into auditable, maintainable systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Software Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University
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Github Skills (59)
data-generation10
dotnet10
linux10
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
controlled10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
moq10
dapper9
testing9
specflow9
previews9
tree-viewer9
json9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
laingsimon/timestables
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
Contributions:30 PRs, 82 pushes, 31 branches in 2 years
laingsimon/draw-ship
Dec 2015 - Jun 2019
Self-Hosted interactive previews of files on disk
Contributions:7 releases, 86 commits, 69 pushes in 3 years 7 months
diskhostedlinuxpreviews
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