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I’m a versatile, delivery-first engineer with 9+ years building high-impact front-end and product experiences across marketplaces, fintech/PCI, SaaS and creative tech. I specialise in React/Next.js replatforms, stabilising Nx monorepos, raising testing/a11y/security bars, and shipping under pressure. I also design AI/creative systems such as neural audio fingerprinting and provenance. I am a patent-pending AI audio systems inventor who loves pragmatic leadership, readable code, and delivering measurable outcomes. I lead teams, mentor peers, and drive RFC/ADR processes, incident communications, and onboarding improvements. I’m available for immediate engagement (contract outside IR35 preferred) or permanent roles, and I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration, quality guardrails, and user-centric delivery matter.…I’m a versatile, delivery-first engineer with 9+ years building high-impact front-end and product experiences across marketplaces, fintech/PCI, SaaS and creative tech. I specialise in React/Next.js replatforms, stabilising Nx monorepos, raising testing/a11y/security bars, and shipping under pressure. I also design AI/creative systems such as neural audio fingerprinting and provenance. I am a patent-pending AI audio systems inventor who loves pragmatic leadership, readable code, and delivering measurable outcomes. I lead teams, mentor peers, and drive RFC/ADR processes, incident communications, and onboarding improvements. I’m available for immediate engagement (contract outside IR35 preferred) or permanent roles, and I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration, quality guardrails, and user-centric delivery matter.

Keenan Golding

Front-End Developer, Full Stack Developer, AI Developer, +1

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I’m a versatile, delivery-first engineer with 9+ years building high-impact front-end and product experiences across marketplaces, fintech/PCI, SaaS and creative tech. I specialise in React/Next.js replatforms, stabilising Nx monorepos, raising testing/a11y/security bars, and shipping under pressure. I also design AI/creative systems such as neural audio fingerprinting and provenance. I am a patent-pending AI audio systems inventor who loves pragmatic leadership, readable code, and delivering measurable outcomes. I lead teams, mentor peers, and drive RFC/ADR processes, incident communications, and onboarding improvements. I’m available for immediate engagement (contract outside IR35 preferred) or permanent roles, and I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration, quality guardrails, and user-centric delivery matter.…I’m a versatile, delivery-first engineer with 9+ years building high-impact front-end and product experiences across marketplaces, fintech/PCI, SaaS and creative tech. I specialise in React/Next.js replatforms, stabilising Nx monorepos, raising testing/a11y/security bars, and shipping under pressure. I also design AI/creative systems such as neural audio fingerprinting and provenance. I am a patent-pending AI audio systems inventor who loves pragmatic leadership, readable code, and delivering measurable outcomes. I lead teams, mentor peers, and drive RFC/ADR processes, incident communications, and onboarding improvements. I’m available for immediate engagement (contract outside IR35 preferred) or permanent roles, and I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration, quality guardrails, and user-centric delivery matter.

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I’m a versatile, delivery-first engineer with 9+ years building high-impact front-end and product experiences across marketplaces, fintech/PCI, SaaS and creative tech. I specialise in React/Next.js replatforms, stabilising Nx monorepos, raising testing/a11y/security bars, and shipping under pressure. I also design AI/creative systems such as neural audio fingerprinting and provenance. I am a patent-pending AI audio systems inventor who loves pragmatic leadership, readable code, and delivering measurable outcomes.

I lead teams, mentor peers, and drive RFC/ADR processes, incident communications, and onboarding improvements. I’m available for immediate engagement (contract outside IR35 preferred) or permanent roles, and I thrive in fast-paced environments where collaboration, quality guardrails, and user-centric delivery matter.

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Work Experience

Senior Front-End Engineer at Co‑op Group

January 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025

Replatformed core Membership journeys from Java to React/Next.js; authored reusable component patterns and testing libraries across squads; raised accessibility and security baselines; contributed to PCI DSS FE controls (input validation, CSP tightening, safer third-party use, dependency hygiene); set quality guardrails (lint/pre-commit/coverage); authored ADRs/RFCs for FE direction.

Senior / Lead Front-End Engineer at Auto Trader UK

April 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

Delivered Part-Exchange journeys across B2C (React) & B2B (Angular); replaced legacy with simpler, measurable flows. Led Nx monorepo upgrades across six apps with custom generators/migrations and dependency graph health checks; improved CI speed and reliability. Acted as team lead for the Retail Check for Vans release and coordinated FE/BE/testing hand-offs; improved developer onboarding and Cypress coverage to reduce Flakes.

Senior Software Engineer at CDL Software

September 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Built quoting/payment portal (React + legacy JSP); introduced Jest/Cypress and semantic releases; hardened CI ergonomics. Managed React Native builds for major insurance clients; shaved 18.5 minutes from a legacy build via pipeline optimization.

Software Engineer (Senior) at Mission Labs (CircleLoop)

May 1, 2021 - October 31, 2021

Developed CRM integrations (Google Contacts, AmoCRM); real-time sync and permission-secure call storage; delivered CSV import/validation dashboard (React/Node).

Full-Stack Developer at Cuhu

November 1, 2019 - January 31, 2020

Finalised critical delivery for Orpheus Mind Technologies, launching pre-Christmas under compressed timelines. Built mindfulness PWA (Vue/Nuxt + Laravel), S3 assets, auth & content.

Front-End Developer at Broadstone (Orka)

September 1, 2019 - November 30, 2019

Delivered features across Company (B2B) and Worker (B2C) platforms using Angular, Ionic and Laravel APIs.

Freelance / Contractor at Digital & Business Consultant

September 1, 2019 - Present

Delivered 30+ projects across education, retail, wellness & music; strategy through build; CMS/ Laravel + OctoberCMS; AI-assisted audio tools for A&Rs (stems, live sampling, session collaboration, fingerprinting prototypes).

Application Developer at Accenture

September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019

Multi‑consultancy government project; built and maintained SLA tracking/reporting for internal tax workflows.

Software Engineer at University of Manchester

July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

Contributed to MyManchester redevelopment (JavaScript/Node); engineered NFC tap-in system (Raspberry Pi + Node) to replace paper attendance; later adopted in library system.

Web Developer & Brand Technologist at Tim Marner Ltd

January 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017

Delivered campaign sites, CMS builds & brand tech for clients including Hale Country Club, GymEtc, THIRD, NUOE, Bolton Hospice; identified SEO product opportunities and upsold.

Freelance / Contractor at Various

January 1, 2015 - August 31, 2019

Hybrid/Remote engagements delivering education, retail, wellness & music projects; strategy through build; notable AI-assisted audio tooling.