Simon Taylor
Senior Software Engineer at The Economist
Flint, Wales, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Taylor is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience, currently shaping technical architecture and real-time integrations at The Economist. He brings pragmatic, solution-focused leadership from varied roles including Head of Technology and Development Manager, with deep full-stack expertise in Go, Node and React. Known for high standards and meticulous attention to detail, Simon excels at turning complex problems into robust, maintainable systems and frequently prototypes personal projects to explore emerging technologies. Based in Flint, Wales, he blends hands-on coding with architectural thinking and a proven record of improving collaboration through real-time systems—an often-understated strength that boosts team velocity and product impact.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, GCSE, High School, GCSE at Upton-by-chesterIncomplete, Computer Games Programming, Incomplete, Computer Games Programming at De Montfort UniversityHigh School, A Levels, B B B, High School, A Levels, B B B at Upton-by-Chester
English
Github Skills (17)
browser9
react9
nextjs8
javascript7
typescript7
compiler7
hybrid6
static-site-generator6
ssg4
vercel4
storybook3
period2
tailwindcss2
emacs2
react-framework2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Simonwtaylor/Agile-Development-Tool
Apr 2019 - Apr 2020
Contributions:232 commits, 69 PRs, 181 pushes in 11 months
Simonwtaylor/project-summer.ui
May 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch, 48 tags in 8 months
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