👋 Hi, I’m Sarah

A little about me:

I’m currently a VP Engineering, Merchant at Wolt (DoorDash) leading a distributed team focused on developing innovative products & services that help merchants grow their businesses efficiently and profitably.

I have previously worked as:

  • A Senior Director of Engineering at Unity, leading a globally distributed team of engineers working on the Analytics, LiveOps and Game Backend products within the Unity Gaming Services platform.
  • A Director of Engineering at Click Travel, a travel management company committed to improving the business travel experience, remotely from Edinburgh. 
  • A Senior Engineering Manager at Skyscanner, a travel search engine, from Edinburgh. There, I grew a multi-disciplined and distributed team with engineering, internationalisation, localisation and translation expertise. 
  • A software engineer working my way up from intern to principal. I started doing an internship at Yahoo! London, then headed to Scotland to work at a digital agency for a few years,  before moving to a unknown startup (named Skyscanner) in 2011, where I ‘levelled up’ every couple of years. I’ve always considered myself a generalist, but my main programming experience is in C# and Javascript. 

I care deeply about people and tech. I enjoy setting people up for success by aligning their intrinsic motivations with personal growth, the business goals and technical strategy direction. 

Outside of work, you’ll generally find me on poolside. Since Summer 2016, I have volunteered as a Synchronised Swimming Coach for Edinburgh Synchronised Swimming Club. This involves teaching and improving figure skills, choreographing & perfecting routines, creating tailored development plans for individuals and teams. To further support the Club, I qualified as a FINA Level 1 Judge and FINA Level 2 Coach.

The club was delighted to be shortlisted for Club of the Year by Scottish Swimming in 2018, and also participate in video filmed by Glasgow 2018 to promote of the synchronised swimming event at the European Championships. I was slightly terrified but mostly delighted to be able to promote the excellent swimmers I work with, and the club, in both of those videos! 

When I’m not spilling my coffee, you can find me on BlueSky, Medium and LinkedIn.

Note: this blog, its content and opinions are my own.