Grant Hynd
About Grant Hynd
Grant Hynd is a Senior Frontend Engineer with a background in Computing and Design, currently working at Motorway in London. He has experience in building custom UI libraries, creating CI/CD pipelines, and coordinating in microservice architectures.
Work at Motorway
Grant Hynd has been employed at Motorway as a Senior Frontend Engineer since 2022. In this role, he focuses on developing user interfaces and enhancing the overall frontend experience for the company's applications. His responsibilities include collaborating with design teams to implement features that align with user requirements and business objectives.
Education and Expertise
Grant Hynd holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computing from Abertay University, where he studied from 2013 to 2017. He also completed a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Visual Communications at Carnegie College from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, he achieved a National Certificate Level 6 in Design and Digital Media at Carnegie College from 2010 to 2011. His educational background provides a strong foundation in both technical and design aspects of software development.
Background
Grant Hynd has a diverse professional background in software engineering and web design. He worked as a Research Assistant at Abertay University for three months in 2017. Prior to that, he served as a Freelance Web Designer at G Force Internet from 2013 to 2016. His experience also includes a four-year tenure at BT as a Senior Software Engineer, where he contributed to various projects and collaborated with cross-functional teams.
Achievements in Software Development
During his career, Grant Hynd has built a custom UI Storybook library tailored to meet the design requirements of a complex Software Defined Network application. He has also created stable Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to facilitate the merging of changes across multiple Kubernetes environments. His role at BT involved conducting code reviews, managing Jira, and coordinating with other squads in a microservice architecture.