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Lawrence Berry

@lawrenceberry

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I build and lead long-lived Ruby on Rails and JavaScript SaaS products.

Argentina

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for a senior, staff, or lead role where I can own a product long-term, contribute across the stack, and lead delivery from infrastructure through client-facing outcomes.

I've spent 13 years as the founding engineer at Geo.me Solutions, taking a geospatial Ruby on Rails and Google Maps API SaaS platform from MVP to a multi-client product.

I owned end-to-end delivery across up to 40 concurrent client projects, led a three-person development team, and helped turn Shell and BP into 10+ year multi-project accounts alongside BT and BUPA. I also halved deployment time and reduced deployment issues by roughly 80% through AWS automation.

Earlier at Pexel, I built a Rails/MySQL CATI platform that supported 10x growth in interviewer capacity and delivered more than 100 client projects. I enjoy working across infrastructure, backend systems, React frontends, and long-term product ownership.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Developer

Geo.me Solutions

Feb 2012 - Aug 2025 (13 years 6 months)

Founding engineer on a Ruby on Rails / Google Maps API geospatial SaaS platform, growing from MVP to a multi-client product over 13 years. Led a 3-person development team and scaled from 8 to 40 concurrent client projects.

Ruby on Rails JavaScript AWS React MySQL PostgreSQL Redis CloudFormation Docker RSpec Cucumber GitHub Actions Google Maps API

IT Manager / Lead Developer

Pexel Ltd.

Oct 2006 - Sep 2011 (4 years 11 months)

Promoted from Telemarketing Agent to IT Manager / Lead Developer in Jan 2008. Delivered 100+ client projects for financial institutions and blue-chip companies, and built a Rails/MySQL CATI platform that powered 10x growth in interview capacity.

Ruby on Rails MySQL Team Leadership Client Liaison Project Delivery

Security Analyst (Internship)

Reuters Group Plc.

Jun 2006 - Sep 2006 (3 months)

Selected as one of 3 interns per year from Glasgow University's Software Engineering programme. Built a training-tracking tool solo, deployed company-wide to monitor security-course completion for ISO certification.

Training Tool Development ISO Certification Security Compliance