Summary
Stephen Bartholomew is a seasoned Tech Lead and Ruby-focused software engineer with over 20 years in the industry and 14 years in senior roles, currently leading engineering at Cleo. He has run a Rails-focused agency, served as CTO, and steered team and product transformations to make software more stable, maintainable and business-aligned. His strengths lie in code quality, maintainability, and structuring teams to consistently deliver user-centered, commercially valuable software. He has deep experience in pension investment engineering and mobile product transitions, combining hands-on development with technical strategy and cross-functional communication. Known for a pragmatic, kind approach to building things, he blends entrepreneurial experience with a preference for measurable technical debt reduction and long-term maintainability.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer