United Kingdom's 36 Most Impressive & Successful Developers in the Apps Space

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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 Apps 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.

Christopher McDonald

Senior JavaScript Developer of Bumble

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About Bumble: Bumble is an app that brings dating, friend-finding, and career-building into a single social networking platform.

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Sophia Clarke

Software Developer of Unity Technologies

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About Unity Technologies: Unity provides multiplatform tools and services to developers of interactive content.

Isaac Kamga

Manager, Google Developer Group Buea of Google Developers Group

Isaac Kamga is the founder and manager of the Google Developer Group Buea www.gdgbuea.org, a community nonprofit funded by Google and ActivSpaces Cameroon. (The group GitHub can be found here.) Through the group, Isaac develops programs that have introduced over 300 youths to computer programming. The group currently hosts the largest number of female open source contributors and has produced over 30 Google Summer of Code participants from Cameroonian Universities. For the past two years, Isaac has served as country mentor for the 14 Google Developer Groups in Cameroon, where he pushes for more collaboration on common open source projects. Isaac has made research contributions in graphics, which he started when he was a Google Summer of Code Student under BRL-CAD. He is a co-organizer of the annual Silicon Mountain Conference, which brings together over 700 developers, creatives, and tech enthusiasts to the mountain area of Cameroon for a day of code labs, inspiration, and fun.

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About Google Developers Group: Google Developer Groups (GDG’s) are for developers who are interested in Google’s developer technology.

Gabriel Massana

iOS Developer of Poq

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About Poq: Poq offers a SAAS platform to help large retailers join app commerce.

Radu Topor

Lead Android Developer of Loyalive

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About Loyalive: Loyalive offers an application that allows its users to store their loyalty cards, check their live balances, and discover rewards.

Ali Mahmood

Mobile and Web Applications Developer of Silicon Markets

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About Silicon Markets: Silicon Markets offers Forex and CFD tradings service to their clients.

Valentin Haloiu

Lead Developer of Spotnight

Lead Developer at Spotnight

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About Spotnight: Spotnight offers an application that enables its users to find information and events related to local bars and clubs.

Nigel Clarke

Software Developer of Expede IT Solutions Limited

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About Expede IT Solutions Limited: Expede is proud to be the home of ‘yada’ – the next generation of mobile event app allowing a true 360-degree view of all your events

James Renwick

Backend Developer of Droppie

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About Droppie: Create and drop amazing pictures wherever you are.

Ben Capewell

Full Stack Developer of Midrive

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About Midrive: Midrive is the modern way to learn to drive: highest-rated instructors, digital tools to support learning, and innovative insurance.

Nataliya Karatkova

Front End Developer of Midrive

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About Midrive: Midrive is the modern way to learn to drive: highest-rated instructors, digital tools to support learning, and innovative insurance.

Scott Larkin

Full Stack Developer of Midrive

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About Midrive: Midrive is the modern way to learn to drive: highest-rated instructors, digital tools to support learning, and innovative insurance.

Niamh Power

iOS and Android Developer of Novoda

Niamh is an iOS and Android developer, working for Novoda in their Liverpool office in the UK. Having learnt Android and iOS development in parallel, she enjoys bringing the best of each world together and transferring knowledge between platforms. Lately, she has become a particular aficionado for Firebase and how it can greatly assist mobile development solutions. Also invested in the community, she runs the local Swift Society meetup as well as the Google Developer Group Liverpool.

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About Novoda: Creating meaningful mobile products that your customers will love and your business deserves.

Jamie Davies

Co-Founder and Developer of Briefly

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About Briefly, TalkLife: Briefly offers real-time applications that provides in-person freelancing solutions for businesses.

Arindra Das

Co-founder and Product Developer of Greenseed

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About Greenseed: Greenseed aims to transform gardening into a fun and social activity whilst encouraging people to go green.

Naomi Poyser

Co-founder and Business Developer of Greenseed

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About Greenseed: Greenseed aims to transform gardening into a fun and social activity whilst encouraging people to go green.

Greg Marsh

iOS and Unity Developer of Ocasta

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About Ocasta: Ocasta develops knowledge, training & education tech for your employees or students.

Findlay Baxter

Software Developer of Ding Dong Diary Limited

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About Ding Dong Diary Limited: Ding Dong Diary Limited is an online diary tailored to suit recreational and professional bodies.

David Cogram

Senior Backend Developer of Tagstr

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About Tagstr, VieLoco: Tagstr is a social media platform where people discover, share and collaborate with anyone in the world based on their interests & passions.