Steven Hall
Head Of Engineering at GitBook
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteven Hall is a Head of Engineering with 13 years of experience building product-focused engineering teams and shipping web platforms, currently leading engineering at GitBook. He progressed from product engineer to head of engineering at GitBook after co-founding and serving as CTO of a startup (Wuha), bringing both hands-on coding and strategic leadership to scaling product development. Steven combines a strong academic foundation—first-class Computer Science from Newcastle and postgraduate study at TUM—with practical expertise in full-stack development and product delivery. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, he’s known for a pragmatic, builder-first mindset and a track record of translating early-stage product ideas into reliable, team-driven engineering outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours at Newcastle UniversityMaster's degree, Informatics, Credit equivalent of British First Class Honours, Master's degree, Informatics, Credit equivalent of British First Class Honours at Technical University Munich
English, French
Github Skills (189)
starter-kit10
storybook10
integrations10
saas-application10
hybrid10
markdown10
javascript10
browser10
react-framework10
compiler10
git10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
java10
ssg10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
emmerich/flot-orderBars
May 2013 - Mar 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 3 years 11 months
javascriptjquery
emmerich/gitbook-gh-sync
Dec 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 59 pushes in 8 months
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