Steven Mcdonald
Team Lead - Engineering at Narrative Navigators
Waikanae, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Mcdonald is a people-first engineering leader with 13 years of software development experience who now focuses on coaching, mentoring, and building high-performing teams as Team Lead - Engineering at Xero. He combines deep hands-on experience owning API gateways and developer platforms with a pragmatic, data-informed approach to team improvement rather than dogmatic process adherence. Founder of Narrative Navigators, he brings a coach’s curiosity to helping individuals and teams uncover their stories and potential, informed by NLP training. Known for iterating on what works for each team, he prioritises measurable outcomes that guide continuous improvement and technical excellence. Based in Waikanae, New Zealand, he has a track record of scaling developer experiences and embedding sustainable engineering practices across organizations.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Springs Boys' High SchoolDiploma in Computer Science, Programming VB6 and C#, Diploma in Computer Science, Programming VB6 and C# at CTI PretoriaNLP Practitioner & NLP Master Practitioner, NLP Practitioner & NLP Master Practitioner at The Coaching Room
Afrikaans, English
Stackoverflow
17,352reputation
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85answers
40questions
Github Skills (54)
audience10
cms10
javascript10
web-application10
npm-package10
validation10
ghost10
asp-net10
jamstack10
dates10
headless-cms10
parse10
ember10
tiddlywiki10
journalism10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
StevenMcD/React_tdd_example
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
StevenMcD/stevenmcd.github.io
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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