Stuart Lang
Principal Engineer at JUST EAT
Taunton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolStuart Lang is a Principal Engineer with over a decade of experience building and improving backend systems, currently driving engineering efforts at JUST EAT from Taunton, UK. He blends hands-on .NET expertise with a pragmatic focus on maintainability—evident from contributions to high-profile open-source projects like the AWS .NET SDK and the Serverless Framework where he added async support, routing improvements, and CI/CD automation. Stuart has repeatedly improved developer experience and stability by tidying codebases, resolving dependency mismatches, and adding cancellation and async patterns for responsive services. A former director and lead engineer, he pairs technical leadership with a mathematician’s attention to detail, often catching subtle build and dependency issues others miss.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Mathematics at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
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Github Skills (45)
asynchronous10
dependency-management10
nuget10
url-routing10
git10
octokit10
libgit210
middleware10
async10
net10
aws-lambda10
dotnet10
asp-net-core10
cicd10
aws-sdk10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet-outdated/dotnet-outdated
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
A .NET Core global tool to display and update outdated NuGet packages in a project
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 113 reviews, 29 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Stuart primarily focused on maintaining and updating the .NET Core project. Their contributions involved reverting changes related to .NET 7 support and package updates, indicating a focus on ensuring compatibility and stability across different .NET versions. They also addressed a package version mismatch, showcasing their attention to detail in managing dependencies.
dotnetglobal-tooldotnet-clinuget-packagesnet-core
shouldly/shouldly
Aug 2016 - Oct 2022
Should testing for .NET—the way assertions should be!
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:3 releases, 58 reviews, 25 commits in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Stuart primarily focused on build and deployment automation within the Shouldly project. Their contributions included updating and refining the build scripts, including PowerShell and Bash scripts, to manage the build process more effectively. They also worked on integrating assembly signing, configuring source linking, and streamlining the package creation process. Several commits focused on upgrading tooling and dependencies for the CI/CD pipeline, and they also updated the test frameworks.
dotnetassertionstestingunitassertion
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