Nicholas Blair
Technical Captain
Cloud Systems Specialist
F# Evangelist
I provide architectural guidance & deliver technical excellence. I am well-practiced building solutions with AWS.
I am passionate about F# because of its power to produce correct & concise code. I use functional programming principles at the macro-level, resulting in event-driven architectures that promise resilience and flexibility. I am comfortable designing and working with cloud-native, distributed systems, and often found by the whiteboard or coffee machine.
Head of Software Engineering @ ElasticStage 2025
Delivered AWS modernisation roadmap
Improved cross-department collaboration
Seeded CloudCannon + Astro CMS solution
Head of Technology @ TotallyMoney 2018-2025
Embedded custom dev tooling for rapid prototyping
Ported legacy projects to AWS CDK
Pioneered OIDC auth pattern across the stack
Involved throughout hiring process
Open-sourced two F# libraries
Track record of successful project delivery
Speaker at F# meet up on DynamoDB
Tech Lead @ TotallyMoney 2016-2018
Key contributor to core MyAccount product
Architected CRM scheduling platform for 6M customers
Hosted internal AWS workshops
Authored and optimised workflows in CircleCI
Senior Developer @ AdBrain 2016
Big Data / Micro services / Azure
Senior Developer @ ThoughtWorks 2014
Client-consultant context / Cross-functional teams
Senior Developer @ Media Ingenuity 2012-2014
Developer @ Wiggle 2011-2012
Developer @ Red Letter Days 2008-2011
Education
Bsc Information Management & Computing @ Loughborough 2007
Diploma of Professional Studies / Year in Industry @ Newham Corporate Council 2005
Skills
#dotnet #fsharp #csharp #aws #lambda #sqs #sns #cdk #eventbridge #dynamodb #sql #oidc #typescript #circleci #github-actions #playwright #api-gateway #docker
LinkedIn / profile
blair55.github.io / blog
rightresu.lt / pet project