Tej Powar
Senior Software Engineer Team Lead at Equal Experts (Defra)
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTej Powar is a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead with over a decade of experience building resilient, cloud-native APIs and leading cross-functional engineering squads for organisations including Sky, NHS, and DEFRA. He combines hands-on Node.js and TypeScript development with pragmatic architecture work—delivering scalable microservices on Azure, AWS and GOV.UK platforms and automating CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Jenkins and Terraform. As founder of Powtech Software he helps businesses accelerate digital transformation and improve delivery practices, bringing both consultancy rigour and day-to-day engineering empathy. Tej has repeatedly led migrations and re-architectures (GitHub→GitLab, on-prem→cloud) to improve resilience and cost-efficiency while embedding testing and documentation culture. Known for clear communication and stakeholder engagement, he balances technical depth with a focus on team growth and practical outcomes. Based in Leeds, he pairs enterprise experience with a startup mindset—often stepping into code, architecture or coaching wherever the team needs him.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Herschel grammar schoolBachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at Brunel University of London
Github Skills (92)
aws-s39
react9
data-service9
aws-amplify8
amplify8
aws8
storage8
expressjs7
testing7
cloud-services7
zero-configuration7
aws-apigateway7
mongoose7
javascript7
amazon-cognito7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
tejpowar/react-boilerplate
Oct 2017 - Mar 2020
Boilerplate for a ReactJS project with server side using Express
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 6 months
reactreactjs-projectboilerplateexpressjsexpress
tejpowar/smoovey
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
The default Gatsby starter
Contributions:6 PRs, 38 pushes, 6 branches in 9 months
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