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I'm Lucas Bourne, a mobile-focused software engineer with over five years of Flutter experience, helping teams turn ideas into reliable, scalable mobile and web solutions. I shape technical direction, define architecture, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. I’m a hands-on leader and public speaker who loves aligning technology with business goals and energizing engineering communities. I'm actively involved in mentoring and community work (e.g., Flutter North) to upskill developers across the North and to share practical insights on mobile architecture, product-driven engineering, and best practices for sustainable tech growth.…I'm Lucas Bourne, a mobile-focused software engineer with over five years of Flutter experience, helping teams turn ideas into reliable, scalable mobile and web solutions. I shape technical direction, define architecture, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. I’m a hands-on leader and public speaker who loves aligning technology with business goals and energizing engineering communities. I'm actively involved in mentoring and community work (e.g., Flutter North) to upskill developers across the North and to share practical insights on mobile architecture, product-driven engineering, and best practices for sustainable tech growth.

Lucas Bourne

App Developer, Full Stack Developer, DevOps Developer, +1

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I'm Lucas Bourne, a mobile-focused software engineer with over five years of Flutter experience, helping teams turn ideas into reliable, scalable mobile and web solutions. I shape technical direction, define architecture, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. I’m a hands-on leader and public speaker who loves aligning technology with business goals and energizing engineering communities. I'm actively involved in mentoring and community work (e.g., Flutter North) to upskill developers across the North and to share practical insights on mobile architecture, product-driven engineering, and best practices for sustainable tech growth.…I'm Lucas Bourne, a mobile-focused software engineer with over five years of Flutter experience, helping teams turn ideas into reliable, scalable mobile and web solutions. I shape technical direction, define architecture, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. I’m a hands-on leader and public speaker who loves aligning technology with business goals and energizing engineering communities. I'm actively involved in mentoring and community work (e.g., Flutter North) to upskill developers across the North and to share practical insights on mobile architecture, product-driven engineering, and best practices for sustainable tech growth.

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I’m Lucas Bourne, a mobile-focused software engineer with over five years of Flutter experience, helping teams turn ideas into reliable, scalable mobile and web solutions. I shape technical direction, define architecture, and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. I’m a hands-on leader and public speaker who loves aligning technology with business goals and energizing engineering communities.

I’m actively involved in mentoring and community work (e.g., Flutter North) to upskill developers across the North and to share practical insights on mobile architecture, product-driven engineering, and best practices for sustainable tech growth.

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Work Experience

Flutter Developer at Hedgehog Lab

June 1, 2024 - Present

Shaped mobile architecture and defined best practices for state management (BLoC, Riverpod, GetX). Worked on large-scale Flutter projects serving millions of users, augmented existing development teams, conducted interviews, and led hiring to secure strong technical and cultural fits. Directly responsible for creating Flutter North, the active Flutter developer community in Northern Britain.

Software Engineer at YE PIC

July 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024

Led development of a complex, cross-platform Flutter application for iOS and Android, serving transport users in remote, offline-first environments. Acted as a key communicator in a startup setting, translating business goals into tangible mobile-first features. Informed product strategy and aligned development with business goals by implementing A/B testing and feature flagging to gather data on new features. Engineered solutions using on-device technology including background geolocation and activity monitoring to enable precise user interactions. Identified and resolved production bugs with monitoring tools (Sentry, Bugfender) and implemented unit tests to prevent regressions.

Software Developer at Operance

April 1, 2021 - July 1, 2023

Spearheaded architectural and technical decisions, acting as the bridge between technology and product by liaising with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions aligned with BIM practice needs. Developed and maintained large-scale Flutter codebases for web and mobile, using BLoC to handle complex state management requirements. Automated the full deployment process with a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline, significantly improving release velocity. Maintained high code quality and test coverage using unit test frameworks (Mockito, BlocTest) and leveraging Git hooks. Contributed to the full stack by developing backend AWS Lambda functions (Python, TypeScript) and extending the GraphQL API.

Junior DevOps Engineer at Wren Kitchens

July 1, 2020 - March 1, 2021

Architected fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code approaches and Terraform. Enabled rapid software releases across development teams by writing and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines within a frastructure, and contributed to improving deployment processes and reliability.

Junior Software Developer at CDP

September 1, 2019 - May 1, 2020

Developed a proof-of-concept mobile application for a travel industry client using Flutter to offer a digital transformation solution. Acted as Scrum Master, managing the development lifecycle and backlog using Jira, Bitbucket and Confluence.

Software Engineer at YEPIC

July 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024

Led the development of a complex cross-platform Flutter application for iOS and Android, serving remote and offline-first environments. Acted as a key conduit between product and engineering to translate business goals into tangible mobile features. Implemented A/B testing and feature flags to inform product decisions, leveraging on-device capabilities (geolocation, activity monitoring, camera) to enable precise user interactions.

Software Developer

April 1, 2021 - July 1, 2023

April 2021 – July 2023: Led architectural and technical decisions bridging technology and product, contributing to large Flutter projects and full-stack capabilities with AWS Lambda (Python, TypeScript) and GraphQL APIs. Focused on high-quality code and deployability, including automation and tooling to support rapid releases.