Summary
Alasdair Murdock is a seasoned VP of Engineering with 12+ years delivering high-availability, low-latency web platforms for startups and FTSE-100 organisations. He combines hands-on full-stack JavaScript expertise—especially Node.js, real-time socket architectures and TypeScript serverless systems—with strong agile leadership, ATDD and Specification by Example practices. Frequently acting as a technical lead and scrum master, he has rebuilt legacy systems, stood up new agile teams and driven product-focused engineering for payments, e-commerce and finance platforms. Currently leading engineering at Kanexa to deliver Open Account Automation and Supply Chain Finance solutions, he previously shaped payment and crypto products at Mode and fulfillment systems at Dunelm. Trained in applied and numerical mathematics at Imperial College London, he brings analytical rigour to architecture and delivery decisions. He’s equally comfortable in code reviews and boardroom conversations, known for turning complex requirements into pragmatic, test-first solutions.
12 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Applied and Numerical Mathematics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Applied and Numerical Mathematics at Imperial College London
Saint Benedicts RC School