Summary
Dave Amphlett is a seasoned software leader with 11 years of recent experience and a 30+ year engineering career spanning finance, SaaS, and bespoke web applications. Currently a Lead Software Developer at Northrop Grumman UK, he has previously scaled and led engineering teams of 20+ as Head of Development at Maistro while remaining hands-on across the full stack (TypeScript/React, Node, C#, PHP) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure). He specialises in end-to-end delivery—SDLC, CI/CD, DevOps, testing and architecture—bridging product, engineering and operations for both startups and enterprise clients. His background in low-latency financial systems and large-scale SaaS gives him a rare blend of performance-minded engineering and pragmatic product delivery. He also advises on due diligence for startup investments, reflecting a strong commercial sense beyond pure engineering.
11 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
BEng (Hons), Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Computer Systems), BEng (Hons), Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Computer Systems) at Brunel University London
English