Ben Smith
Senior Engineer @Nando's UK & IRE
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Engineer @Nando's UK & IRE
London, GB
Nando\'s is a global fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in Afro-Portuguese flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken. Founded in 1987 in South Africa, it operates over locations across 35 countries, combining casual dining with quick service. The company is privately held and also sells branded sauces in supermarkets.Senior full-stack engineer.
EDUCATION
University of Leicester
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Physics with Space Science and Technology
Afan College, Margam
A-Level, Computing, Physics, Mathematics,
De Montfort University
Master of Science (MSc), Information Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT BEN SMITH
I am a full-stack software engineer with extensive commercial experience in TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, React (inc. Next.js), AWS and GraphQL, who advocates agile good practices and writes clean, well tested code. I also have experience with.NET and Python.My software development experience has been gained in diverse domains - Journalism (Financial Times), FinTech (Visa), Marketplace (Zoopla, Carwow), Energy (EDF Energy), EdTech, Life Sciences, Business Intelligence, Civil Aviation, Defence & Security, Gaming and Telecoms.I have excellent knowledge of modern agile development patterns e.g. microservices, serverless development (AWS & Azure), DevOps practices and TDD.Additionally I enjoy keeping abreast of new technologies and I am always looking at ways of working smarter not harder. Currently enjoying working with AI/agentic technologies e.g. Claude Code, GitHub CoPilot, Google Antigravity, OpenRouter, Ollama, OpenAI, Vercel AI SDK, Model Context Protocol (MCP).GitHub: https://github.com/8enSmithStackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/users/203371/ben-smithPluralsight: https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/8enSmith
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