Luke Wood
Senior full-stack engineer and technical leader with expertise in architecting and scaling secure, resilient systems. Proven experience leading teams, driving delivery, and shaping engineering practices that improve velocity and reliability. Strong in TypeScript, Java, and cloud-native infrastructure, with a track record of building user-focused products at scale.
Skills
Languages & Frameworks:
TypeScript/Node, Java/Spring, React
Cloud & Infra:
Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Database:
PostgreSQL, Redis, Kysely
Work Experience
Synanetics
Senior Software Engineer
London, UK
Oct 2024 – Present
> Consultancy delivering bespoke clinical applications and shared care record systems for the NHS.
- Owned system architecture and delivery for NHS clinical applications, driving for security, scalability, and resilience.
- Led a team of 5 engineers, introducing guardrails, CI/CD pipelines, and automation that increased delivery velocity and consistency.
- Migrated legacy databases and introduced caching strategies, boosting performance and stability under high load.
- Standardised authentication (OIDC) and project scaffolding, reducing new app setup from weeks to <1 day.
- Introduced automated ephemeral environments for feature branches, accelerating stakeholder feedback and reviews.
- Enhanced stability and monitoring for NHS Emergency Department systems, cutting outages and recovery times significantly.
Creator.co
Senior Software Engineer
Vancouver, Canada
Sep 2023 – Jul 2024
> Online ecosystem for digital marketing where brands connect with content creators.
- Developed a NodeJS microservice powering a real-time analytics dashboard for thousands of users.
- Led a full-stack performance optimisation initiative, reducing 95th percentile request latency by 8× and API error rates by 60%.
- Optimised PostgreSQL performance, reducing DB costs by 75% via query and schema improvements.
- Enhanced backend efficiency using ALB log analysis, caching, and asynchronous job handling with AWS SQS/Lambda.
- Improved frontend responsiveness with pagination, lazy loading, and reduced over-fetching.
- Automated schema migrations and database deployments via CI/CD, ensuring zero-downtime releases.
- Drove adoption of maintainable practices through code reviews and mentoring; managed infrastructure via AWS/Terraform.
Travel Break
Apr 2023 – Sep 2023
Paxport Group
Software Engineer
Bristol, UK
Sep 2021 – Apr 2023
> Travel tech company aggregating flight products from multiple airlines via APIs and web-scraping for OTAs.
- Designed and delivered a web portal project.
- Replaced multiple legacy systems with a modern Java/Spring Boot microservices architecture.
- Deployed to Google Kubernetes Engine for scalable, self-healing services.
- Implemented dynamic RBAC for flexible identity and access management.
- Integrated CI/CD pipelines with comprehensive testing frameworks to reduce release risk.
- Built application-wide audit logging to meet compliance requirements.
- Delivered supplier integrations for a high-volume flight caching system.
- Optimised ingestion and normalisation pipelines to improve data quality and API performance.
- Engineered resilient scraping solutions for high-value airline data sources.
Lancer Scott
Software Engineer
Bristol, UK
Mar 2020 – Sep 2021
> Nationwide facilities management firm handling large volumes of daily callouts.
- Built a PostgreSQL-based relational database to manage operational events and business data.
- Delivered a custom React + Spring Boot job management application, reducing billing cycle times by 40%.
- Integrated with external vehicle tracking and accounting systems to streamline workflows.
- Developed automated Python reporting pipelines for real-time business analytics.
Education
Association of Accounting Technicians
Advanced Diploma in Accounting
2019 - 2020
Certifications
Oracle Certified Professional – Java SE 17 Engineer
Feb 2023