Summary
Thomas Bowen is a Senior Software Engineer with 12 years of experience building .NET-based web and mobile systems across finance, education, charity and the NHS. He progressed from hands-on C# MVC and web services to leading a Xamarin R&D project that he grew into a four-person team, delivering iOS/Android apps and backend services used in production and shortlisted for a public-sector innovation award. Currently at Go.Compare he modernises legacy systems into Azure Functions-driven Web APIs and builds dynamic React SPAs while shaping API standards and best practices. Comfortable across full-stack languages (C#, TypeScript, Node.js and Elixir on his GitHub), he combines strong design and documentation habits with hiring, sprint leadership and frequent code-level contribution. A practical problem solver, he pairs clinical user research and design consultation with pragmatic implementation to deliver impactful, user-focused solutions.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
GCSE, GCSE at Alderbrook School
A-levels, Maths, Computing, Graphic Design, Physics A-levels., A-levels, Maths, Computing, Graphic Design, Physics A-levels. at Solihull Sixth Form College
BSc, Computer Science, 2:1, BSc, Computer Science, 2:1 at University of Wales, Aberystwyth