Stuart Whitehead
Engineering Manager at Hnry
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolStuart Whitehead is an engineering manager based in Wellington with 11 years of experience building and leading web engineering teams across agencies, government and product companies. He blends hands-on front-end and full-stack craft with people-first leadership, moving from senior developer roles to Head of Technology and technical delivery leadership before stepping into engineering management. Stuart’s purpose-driven approach focuses on helping others harness the internet’s creativity and community, and he’s known for meticulous delivery on client and business-facing projects. He recently completed a Master of Data Science, adding AI/ML perspective to a strong computer science foundation. Comfortable navigating both product and delivery cultures, he excels at turning novel web problems into pragmatic solutions while mentoring engineers to grow. An inquisitive technologist, he brings a rare mix of design sensitivity, delivery rigor and data-savvy thinking to engineering leadership.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSc (Hons), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSc (Hons), Computer Science at The Robert Gordon UniversityMaster of Data Science – MDataSc, Data Science, AI and ML, Master of Data Science – MDataSc, Data Science, AI and ML at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (25)
nodejs7
application7
trust7
hapi6
django6
internet5
http5
javascript4
tooling4
styled-components4
css4
sass4
accordion4
wagtail4
react4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
stuartalexwhitehead/haar-engine
Jan 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:221 commits, 34 PRs, 62 pushes in 2 months
haarledmqttinternetinternet-of-things
stuartalexwhitehead/dotfiles
Jan 2018 - Feb 2024
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
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