I'm the kind of engineer who's genuinely curious, a little obsessed with getting the details right, and
happiest building something that actually works — then iterating to make it better, all the time.
Test automation was my way in: a place where I could tell a machine exactly what to do and watch it deliver a
trustworthy outcome — and it's shaped how I've worked ever since.
Each step since has been a pull toward building more. I moved from automation QA into
tools engineering because I wanted to build tools that automate whole processes, not
just the tests. Then into software engineering as the projects grew more complex —
bringing AI and product ownership into the mix, where my automation-and-tooling background gives me a
real edge. It all points at my next step: becoming a Product Owner.
A big part of that next step is AI. I'm a bit obsessed, honestly — I did my master's in it
years ago, back before the hype — and now I use these tools hands-on, every single day. My read is that
coding tooling is already strong and only getting stronger, so the real edge is becoming a
product-minded engineer: someone who applies AI to the whole way we work, not just to
writing code. I want to be building that future, not watching it.
That's exactly why the Product Owner path pulls me. I'm already acting as PO on
Gatekeeper, King's AI service for player support — sitting at the bridge between
engineering, product and stakeholders, and helping shape what we build, not
just how. I've learned something about myself here, too: I'd rather grow deep in
products than manage people.
However I get there, the same drive shows up: I'm eager to learn and quick to get up to speed on
anything new — a course, some digging on my own, a question to whoever knows best — I don't give up
easily, and I genuinely love a challenge.
And I do my best work with people around me. I've been a buddy for new joiners and
mentored a QA colleague on automation, and day to day I'm side by side with
product managers, developers, QAs and stakeholders — finding the best solution
together and catching the tricky edge cases early.
I've worked 100% remotely since 2020, and six years in I know distance doesn't dilute
focus, delivery or team spirit: there's always a way to pull people together — a chit-chat, an online
game, a bit of shared silliness. Good work should be fun, too.
That love of good company follows me home. Outside work I'm mum to a wonderful, energetic little
boy 💛 — anything to do with him makes my day. Music runs through my whole life
(I've sung in a choir for as long as I can remember and played the violin since I was four),
and I'll say yes to games of every kind — board games, escape rooms, video games —
basically any excuse for fun with the people I love.
