Andi Smith
Technical Leader • Product Engineer • AI Consultant
Working at Bloom Career Coaching
Leading all technical strategy and execution while driving business objectives. Key achievements and responsibilities include:
Responsible and accountable for Engineering at Bloom; aligning our output to the business strategy; designing and building the technical architecture (AWS microservices using hexagonal architecture; React Native Expo, TypeScript); preferring a buy over build mentality for technology outside the core IP; establishing processes for development; deployment; security and data compliance; managing stakeholders and handling financials such as budgeting and getting the best ROI for software, licensing and hiring.
I grew the Engineering team to 14 people - which consists of software engineers, a delivery manager and a quality engineer. I prioritised building a culture of trust, collaboration and communication throughout the team by empowering the engineers to own and be accountable for the systems they build.
I worked closely with our stakeholders to build and align our product strategy and roadmap to the business vision and objectives. I also regularly collaborated with the sales, customer success, coaching, operations and C-level team to support their technical needs and product requirements; help them operate more efficiently through product roadmap planning, story mapping, prototyping and automation; provide them with guidance on innovations through AI, and championed security and compliance through GDPR and SOC2.
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