Hello, my name is Josh

A versatile and adaptable engineering leader with experience rooted in software as a product focused engineer.

Striving to build teams with high levels of alignment, trust & autonomy

Currently, I am working as a Tech Lead at cinch, a scale-up based in the UK. My role is coaching and supporting a team of engineers with architecture design, creating and sharing a technical vision, and guiding on implementation.

Previously, I was at Housemates & ChooseMyCar where I was leading their engineering teams.

You can also find me on Twitter or send me an email.

Blog

• Advice to My Younger Software Developer Self

  25 January 2021 - As I look back over what's almost a decade in software development, there are some things I wish I'd started doing sooner. This is the advice I'd give my younger self, who has just landed their first professional software development job.

• Managing Software Projects

  01 December 2020 - During my time working on software projects, I’ve began to spot trends in what makes a successful project. The most common trait I’ve observed in successful projects is great communication between teams, seemingly the software methodology used has little to do with if a project is a success.

• How to quickly plan and estimate an MVP

  19 September 2020 - This post outlines my tried & tested strategy for quickly planning and estimating MVP projects. This process departs a little from Agile/Scrum best practices. There are no guarantees on estimation quality which I believe is impossible to do for software projects, but it helps to provide a rough guide for new projects.