More than a decade delivering high-quality, mission-critical JavaScript projects across highly regulated fintech, healthcare, retail and public services. Laser focus on code quality, testing, mentoring, upskilling teams and CI /CD workflow. Extensive experience in defining, architecting and documenting system and API integrations, modern tech stacks and solving real-world business problems with maintainable and scalable code solutions.

Tim Bowcock

More than a decade delivering high-quality, mission-critical JavaScript projects across highly regulated fintech, healthcare, retail and public services. Laser focus on code quality, testing, mentoring, upskilling teams and CI /CD workflow. Extensive experience in defining, architecting and documenting system and API integrations, modern tech stacks and solving real-world business problems with maintainable and scalable code solutions.

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More than a decade delivering high-quality, mission-critical JavaScript projects across highly regulated fintech, healthcare, retail and public services. Laser focus on code quality, testing, mentoring, upskilling teams and CI /CD workflow. Extensive experience in defining, architecting and documenting system and API integrations, modern tech stacks and solving real-world business problems with maintainable and scalable code solutions.

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Lead Developer at Premier Foods
November 1, 2025 - Present
Greenfield build of a Node.js/React web app to manage production, delivery and oversight of ~100k grocery POS units per annum. Digitalized complex spreadsheet/email-based processes into a single web application. Defined and led architecture and migration to AWS with Okta integration. Authored comprehensive documentation and technical planning. Focused on testing, reliability and scalability.
Technical Advisor at GGCare
October 1, 2025 - November 1, 2025
Bugfixes and improvements to security, maintainability and code quality in a system supporting adults with brain injuries. Migrated data centre to AWS EU, integrated Stripe subscriptions, AI voice agent (vapi) and API for detailed sleep data. AWS stack included Cognito, EventBridge, DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation and SES.
Tech Lead at Sherwen Studios
March 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025
Led a project to digitalise grocery promotion processes for the UK’s largest grocery wholesaler. Defined tech stack, architecture, tests and infrastructure. Transformed eight-figure monthly revenue processes from spreadsheet/email to production. Built and mentored a team of six developers over 18 months; oversaw greenfield PoC/MVP and user pilot to production. Stack included containerised Node.js and React/Next.js microservices with AWS staging and on-prem UAT/prod deployment. Enabled frictionless migration from legacy architecture to defined TDD, CI/CD and agile processes. Tools and integrations included Docker, Bitbucket, EC2/ECR/CodeArtifact, Jest, Playwright, OpenAPI, Mulesoft, SAP, Cursor, TypeScript, Prisma ORM and JWT auth.
Senior JavaScript Engineer at go-maestro.com
August 1, 2023 - March 1, 2024
Developed a Node.js microservice to provide Private Equity solutions across EU and US portfolios. Enabled data sharing between GPs/LPs and deal stakeholders in multi-investment deals. Created frontend testing framework with React Testing Library and Playwright; mentored team in testing best practices. Incorporated into GitHub CI pipeline and deployed on Heroku/AWS with frontend stack including React, GraphQL, AG-Grid and Redux.
Senior JavaScript Engineer at Motive Create
March 1, 2022 - August 1, 2023
Created a Node.js fintech backend on AWS. Responsible for code quality, testing and consistency across a team of ~eight developers. Championed and led introduction of TypeScript, enhanced third-party integration testing and delivered milestones for MVP.
JavaScript Tech Lead at Biogen
May 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Led a fully remote European design and engineering team for a German video-on-demand MVP; ahead-of-schedule delivery; focused on test coverage metrics as part of CI pipeline and API improvements from suppliers. Tech: React/Next.js, GraphQL/RESTful APIs, Contentful, Lokalize, Storybook, styled-components. CI on GitHub with Jest tests, SonarQube, Storybook and AWS deployment.
Lead JavaScript Engineer at Accenture
May 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021
Founder engineer on greenfield public safety platform. React/Node, GraphQL API; emphasis on reusable UI components across policing products. Grew team to three.
JavaScript Engineer at Jigsaw XYZ
January 1, 2020 - March 1, 2020
Node.js microservice API for React Native fintech app. Integration with Open Banking, TypeScript, OpenAPI and PostgreSQL. Testing with Mocha/Chai and CI/CD to AWS.
JavaScript Engineer at Ericsson
September 1, 2017 - December 1, 2019
Greenfield management of mobile networks. Node.js microservices and integrations with Remedy/ServiceNow, SSO/WAM. Agile methodology and CD to Azure via Jenkins.
Full Stack Java Developer at Aevi
October 1, 2016 - September 1, 2017
Developer portal for mobile payment fintech apps. Highly secure Node.js RESTful API backend, Angular 1.6, Agile, TDD environment with Selenium and Cucumber and CD to AWS on EC2 and S3.
JavaScript Engineer at The App Business
July 1, 2016 - October 1, 2016
Web app for Met Office/Environment Agency flood warning reports. Isomorphic React in ES6/2015 using Babel and Webpack. BDD using Gherkin/Cucumber and Selenium. CD to AWS.
JavaScript Developer at Premier League
October 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012
Video on-demand portal for Premier League football coaches using FFMPEG and HTML5 video.
JavaScript Developer at Press Association
August 1, 2012 - October 1, 2012
JavaScript widget white-label use in PA client sites using HTML5 Canvas and CSS3 to provide diagrammatic representation of match events. Cross-platform/device with advanced Canvas compositing.
UI Developer at Open University
May 1, 2012 - July 1, 2012
Refactored homepage code (sociallearn.open.ac.uk) using jQuery and jQuery UI, Masonry and responsive Bootstrap.

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare