Aoife Kennedy

Overview

I lead growth engineering at Unilever in Dublin. Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 28 minutes to under 3. Mentored 7 engineers through their first promotion. Before that: Bloomberg and Revolut. Most at home with PostgreSQL and React. Board member at a local non-profit.

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Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Sep 2022 - Present
   Unilever · 4 yr 1 mo · Contract · Dublin, Ireland
   • Grew the growth team from 4 to 25 engineers.
   • Built the experimentation framework 35 product teams use to ship changes safely.
2. Engineering Manager

   Apr 2019 - Sep 2022
   Bloomberg · 3 yr 5 mo · Contract · Dublin, Ireland
   • Led the migration of 49 services to PostgreSQL.
3. Senior Full-Stack Engineer

   Jan 2016 - Apr 2019
   Revolut · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Wrote the React service that now handles 28 million requests a day.
   • Cut p99 latency on the growth services from 755ms to 122ms.
4. Full-Stack Engineer

   Jun 2012 - Sep 2015
   Tesco · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Cut p99 latency on the growth services from 580ms to 93ms.
5. Full-Stack Engineer

   Oct 2010 - Jun 2012
   EY · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Dublin, Ireland
   • Wrote the React service that now handles 53 million requests a day.

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Education

1. University of Oxford

   BA, Electronics and Communication
   2007 - 2010