Jack Bayliss

Jack Bayliss

Software Engineer · West Midlands 🇬🇧

Passionate about building cool things, sharing ideas, and contributing to open-source. I'm a proud Laravel contributor, as most of my work is in PHP, but I enjoy getting stuck into any codebase.

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Building and maintaining systems that power England's 3rd largest supermarket, while chipping away at Laravel open-source on the side.

Timeline

  1. 2015 Data Analyst, started tinkering with Laravel
  2. 2017 Started building web and mobile apps for various clients, including the NHS
  3. 2020 Director of an IT company (software, firewalls, VoIP, you name it)
  4. 2023 Joined an agency, grinding Laravel, financial systems etc.
  5. 2024–Now Working on systems powering England's 3rd largest supermarket · open-source on the side