Andy Berry
Software Engineering Manager @Twinkl Educational Publishing
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WORK HISTORY
Software Engineering Manager @Twinkl Educational Publishing
Edinburgh, GB
Leading the Elevate Supply Engineering team - a startup within the Twinkl group, building a platform to match schools and educators looking for supply work. Led all engineering operations, spanning architecture, development, infrastructure, and security, including hands-on development and leadership.Launched the platform from an inherited codebase acquired from a failed startup, then re-architected it to support a new business model and subsequently selected and delivered a key platform to provide background checks for educators. Line manager to 3 Engineers and responsible for the recruitment and growth of the direct Engineering team.
EDUCATION
University of Glasgow
BSc Computing Science
Sussex Downs College
A Level, Computing, Maths, Physics
SKILLS
ABOUT ANDY BERRY
Overview- Engineering leader and senior individual contributor with over 15 years of building products, teams and platforms in fast-paced, high-growth companies. Striking a balance between software architecture, technical leadership and system design with people leadership, team growth and mentoring- Hands-on background in React, TypeScript and AWS; deep experience architecting event-driven SaaS systems and leading cross-functional engineering teams. Extensive experience using Scrum, Test Driven Development, and Pair Programming- Experience in client-side and server-side technical and systems architecture for complex B2B and B2C SAAS platforms, particularly on serverless, containerised and event-based architectures- Exposure to leading Engineering teams through SOC 2 Type 2 attestation and ISO 27001 accreditation # Strengths- Technical Leadership - Drives architecture and delivery of SaaS platforms, working across frontend, backend, infrastructure and security- People Leadership - Directly line managed up to 8 engineers, scaled Engineering teams to over 40, coached ICs and leads, fostering inclusive, autonomous and high-performing team cultures- Systems Architecture - Designed scalable, serverless, event-based systems on AWS using Lambda, SQS/SNS, EventBridge, RDS, CloudFront- Frontend Expertise - Built React/TypeScript SPAs including reusable component libraries. Defined frontend strategy and architecture- Backend Expertise - Built monolith and microservice-based backend systems, including database design and implementation- Infrastructure Expertise - Implemented several microservices and event-based systems using Terraform to define infrastructure and configuration - Security & Compliance - Implemented SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 initiatives, including implemented SDLC controls, DR planning, security training and penetration testing- Product & Platform Thinking - Built and evolved platforms for ESG data, education hiring, loyalty systems, and analytics
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