ALUN WILLIAMS – ENGINEERING MANAGER

Key Attributes

Engineering Manager with strong technical background in backend development (C#/.NET, Java), cross-platform systems (Linux/Unix), and database technologies (Oracle, SQL Server).
Experienced people leader managing 6+ direct reports, with focus on delivery, mentorship, and building high-performing teams.
Excellent communicator and strategic thinker, balancing technical excellence with business priorities and team development.

Responsible for resourcing and delivery of software projects across the larger team, managing multiple squads.
Direct line management of 6+ engineers, providing mentorship, career development, and performance management.
Led development team participation in stability transformation programme, reporting to senior management, developing and tracking metrics to communicate progress, identify problems early, and drive team cultural change towards stable releases.
Extensive Python scripting for data extraction and transformation, PowerBI dashboard creation, and JIRA automation to support metrics-driven management and reporting.
Led successful JIRA migration project, coordinating team of managers, refining workflows/processes, scripting data corrections, and managing stakeholder communication to avoid downtime - recognized internally as a success.
Strategic planning and prioritization of work across team, balancing technical debt, feature delivery, and operational excellence.
Stakeholder management with clients and leadership to establish requirements, roadmaps and delivery commitments.
Technology stack: C# WPF front ends, legacy Java server (Unix), Oracle database, Python/Powershell scripting.

Led squad delivery of features and projects, performing scrum master role in agile environment.
Transitioned from individual contributor to people management with direct reports from 2021.
Deep technical work across full stack: C# WPF front ends, large legacy Java server running on Unix, and complex Oracle database.
Developed strong Linux/Unix administration and scripting skills, moving away from Microsoft-centric development.
Overseeing mentoring programme for Edinburgh office, assisting mentors and mentees with coaching and advice.
Working closely with clients and stakeholders on and offsite to establish requirements and scope work correctly.

Delivering features to power the core of Zuto's pricing, quotation and product optimisation in a professional agile engineering environment.
Primarily backend development building RESTful C# microservices and integration with third party lender systems and credit agencies via SOAP/WCF.
Occasional frontend work in JavaScript (pre-React era) for Single Page Applications.
CI/CD automation using Powershell scripting for cloud deployment to Azure and AWS, with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
Testing with nunit/specflow, training and integrating Machine Learning models.
Interviewing candidates, holding brown bag sessions, attending hack days and mentoring apprentices/junior developers.

Greenfield development of multiple college systems, building experience across C# backend and web frontend using jQuery and knockout.js (pre-React era).
Delivered full scale cashless system with WPF till software for canteens and library, PayPal API integration, and online payment portals.
Built Single Page Applications including absence reporting system, parent portal for student data, and student website for exam results and behavioural reports.
Replaced legacy MS Access reporting with SQL Server and SSRS, integrating third party systems using SSIS for data warehousing.

In charge of integrating third party college systems with custom reporting solution using SQL Server, Reporting Services, ASP.net, WebForms
Ensuring reporting needs of management and staff to comply with regulation and data retention standards were met.

Supporting the various Office Automation and Microsoft Access applications used across the college.

2000-2003: UMIST/University of Manchester – BSc Join Hons Computing and Geography – 2:2
1998-2000: The Ridings High School, Bristol – A level Chemistry, English Language, Biology, Gen Studies