At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Developer operating in the Internet space. If you think a Developer is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Matt Jarvis
Senior Developer Advocate of Snyk
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About Snyk: Snyk is a cloud native application security provider that enables millions of developers to build software securely.
David McKay
Senior Developer Advocate of Equinix
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About Equinix: Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Oliver Hopton
Co Founder & Developer of FunFair Technologies
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About EveryFan, FunFair Technologies: FunFair provides blockchain powered solutions to the online gaming industry.
Gregory Peeters
UI, UX & Android Developer of Doordeck
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About Doordeck: Doordeck replaces traditional proximity cards with your smartphone.
Marwan Kathayer
iOS Developer of Doordeck
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About Doordeck: Doordeck replaces traditional proximity cards with your smartphone.
Amanda Cavallaro
Software Developer of Gamesys Limited
During daylight hours, Amanda is as a software developer at Gamesys, the gaming software house. She is also an ambassador for Women Techmakers, a developer expert for the Google Assistant and a prolific presenter having spoken at tech conferences around the globe.
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About Gamesys Limited: Gamesys is a software developer and operator and currently operates several online social and real money slots in the United Kingdom.
Sam Hellawell
Front-end Developer of branded.me
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About branded.me: The next generation platform for professionals
Nikos Nathanail
Developer of Powr of You
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About Powr of You: Changing the personal data economy
Ben Reynhart
Co-Founder & Product Developer of Zenstores
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About Zenstores: Zenstores is a platform to propel online sellers to ecommerce greatness.
Miguel Alcaino
Lead Developer of Betfect
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About Betfect: Betfect is an innovative online-based platform that merges the online betting experience with the social aspect.
Kartik Joshi
Android Developer of unPaved
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About unPaved: The Ultimate Travel Companion — Explore Destinations like never before.
Martin Dimmock
Owner, Chief Developer of HarryAdney Internet Services
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About HarryAdney Internet Services: HarryAdney Internet Services offers a comprehensive set of internet services to help businesses stand out.
Rubén Durá Tarí
Lead Back-End Developer of Hypit
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About Hypit: Hypit is a social discovery platform that lets you find new things to do through friend recommendations.
Beatriz Ansó Llera
Lead iOS Developer of Hypit
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About Hypit: Hypit is a social discovery platform that lets you find new things to do through friend recommendations.
Hoon Kim
Full Stack Developer of Hoonio
Hoon is a mobile subject matter expert in telecommunications industry with experience as project manager in delivery of 3rd-party developed Android apps, and as mobile developer of device firmware and iOS apps. Hoon is a hybrid IT professional who is able to project manage and roll his sleeves up and develop. He is very passionate about mobile technologies and has excellent experience in creating product breakdown structures and flow diagrams. Hoon has worked for Leading Mobile companies such as LG and Samsung, a candidate who developed his skills naturally within the Mobile space, initially developing to managing handset/ Application projects. He is able to gathering requirements to understand the business needs and work with the technical force to turn an ideal init a product. With strong experience Analysis and technical requirements, also acted as the Agile technical lead, where he managed development of games info. Android app, web communication services, devised test strategy, SLA and integration into games operations.
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About Hoonio: Bridging the gap between ideas and technology
Richard Peck
Software Developer of Frontline Utilities LTD
Worked extensively on promoting software products online, then switched to active dev role in 2009. Currently shipped 5 production applications including native and web.
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About Frontline Utilities LTD, PCFixes.com, Start Gaining Momentum: Software Development & Visual Design
Dan Gibbs
Website Technician and Developer of My Favourite Holiday Cottages
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About My Favourite Holiday Cottages: Advertising and marketing UK Holiday Cottages for property owners and affiliate advertising services for holiday cottage agencies.
Moss Palmer
Developer of Taggr
MySQL, C# / MVC, Built the TAGGR algorithm, Chrome app, iOS app and iBeacon platform. Built internal platform for store development @Superdry. Back-end tinkerer.
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About Taggr: Taggr is a shopping social network with a retargeting platform that links cross-device and browser activity with retailers.
Simon Gough
Developer of Taggr
ASP.Net, C#, Java, SQL Seasoned builder of enterprise levels systems across e-commerce & CRM. Prized iOS and Android developer. Front-end ninja.
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About Taggr: Taggr is a shopping social network with a retargeting platform that links cross-device and browser activity with retailers.
Ian Anderson Gray
Co-founder, Digital Marketer, Social Tools Strategist & Web Developer of Select Performers
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About Select Performers: Select Performers is an internet solutions company.
Dave Liddament
Director & Software Developer of Lamp Bristol
Dave Liddament is a director and developer at Lamp Bristol, a software consultancy. He’s been writing software commercially for over 15 years in many languages including C, Python, Java, and PHP. Dave is keen to pass on his knowledge. He is an organizer and regular speaker at PHP-SW. He also runs a monthly workshop covering topics including testing, CI, and Git. When not busy coding, Dave enjoys scuba diving and running.
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About Lamp Bristol: Lamp Bristol offers web development services for digital agencies.
Richard Fortscue-Webb
Developer of Zoetrope
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About Zoetrope: Zoetrope is an interactive 3D photography service for online retail.
Emanuele Cali
CEO, Co-Founder and Web Developer/SEO Specialist of Bookzingr
Web Developer / SEO Specialist. CMS & Framework MVC expert. Supporter of Open Source. Always passionate of computer science, work in web projects since 1999.
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About Bookzingr: BookZingr is a social bookmarking platform that allows you to store, classify, tag and share links, photos and video.