CV

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This is the CV for Charlie Revett, it was last updated in January 2025.

Hi, I’m Charlie — a full-stack software engineer and technical leader with 12 years of experience turning big ideas into scalable, user-centred products.

With expertise in Go, React, and AWS, I enjoy building products at speed that are customer-focused and solve real problems.

I thrive on leading projects from inception to launch, combining hands-on development with dependable leadership to deliver thoughtful, polished products for customers.

After concluding a rewarding chapter at incident.io, I’m taking a six-month sabbatical to recharge. I’m open to new opportunities in Q2 2025.

Reach me at hi@revdex.fastmail.com.

Previously

Senior Product Engineer at incident.io
Staff Software Engineer at Vidsy
CTO at Vidsy
Senior Software Engineer at BBC News
Software Engineer at IBM and Geckoboard

Previously
Experience
Education
Internships
Interests

Experience

Senior Product Engineer
incident.io ∙ 2022 - 2024
Joined the company at 20 employees and grew with it until the team reached 100.
Played a key role in 20 product launches and led 10 projects from inception to public release, including; customer calls, technical project scoping, managing the project team, development, and launch through blog posts and podcasts.
Led an intensive 8-week sprint, guiding a high-performing team to launch 4 pivotal AI features that significantly elevated the product’s capabilities and user experience.
Tech stack: Go, TypeScript, React, GCP, monolith architecture.

Staff Software Engineer
Vidsy ∙ 2022
Requested to step down as CTO in May 2021, to improve my work/life balance and remain in a technical role as the business grew after Series B (Nov 2021).
Led a cross-functional 10-person squad with the mission of ensuring creative quality.
Combination of hands-on development, technical decision-making, system design, line-management, and project delivery.
Tech stack: Go, AWS, microservices, event-based (SNS/SQS), gRPC, DynamoDB, Docker (ECS), and Lambda.

CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Vidsy ∙ 2016 - 2022
Joined the company as the first employee; desired a role with more autonomy, impact, and the ability to lead a team.
Scaled and led the product and engineering team to 25 people, whilst the company scaled to 120.
Built and scaled three new platforms (creators, clients, internal), enabling the business to surpass $10M in annual revenue.
Lead the process of becoming officially partnered with all the major social platforms (Facebook/Meta, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Google, YouTube, Amazon, and Pinterest).
Tech stack: Go, AWS, microservices, event-based (SNS/SQS), gRPC, DynamoDB, Docker (ECS), and Lambda.

Senior Software Engineer
BBC News ∙ 2015 - 2016
Promoted to a senior software developer after demonstrating my technical ability and leadership skills when leading the BBC Newsbeat project.

Software Engineer
BBC News ∙ 2014 - 2015
1 of 4 engineers in the Frameworks team tasked with moving BBC News (and related products) from a legacy PHP stack to cloud based Go microservices.
Team to push the first Go service to production in the BBC.
Delivered high-impact projects like the Scottish Referendum and 2015 General Election, supporting millions of viewers with reliable, real-time news coverage.
Tech stack: Go, Ruby, AWS, Docker, DynamoDB, SQS.

Education

Computer Science BSc Hons
Lancaster University ∙ 2011 - 2014
Grade: First class.
Authored two Natural Language Processing (NLP) theses with top marks (80% and 100%), showcasing expertise in advanced computational linguistics.

Internships

Software Engineer
Geckoboard ∙ 2013

Web Developer
LifeMirror ∙ 2012 - 2013

Software Engineer
IBM (Websphere Cast Iron) ∙ 2012

Software Engineer
IBM (Websphere Message Broker) ∙ 2010 - 2011

Interests

Pursuing outdoor adventures through climbing, hiking, and trail running.
Crafting with woodworking and DIY projects.
Exploring storytelling through photography.

Experience

Senior Product Engineer

incident.io ∙ 2022 - 2024

Joined the company at 20 employees and grew with it until the team reached 100.
Played a key role in 20 product launches and led 10 projects from inception to public release, including; customer calls, technical project scoping, managing the project team, development, and launch through blog posts and podcasts.
Led an intensive 8-week sprint, guiding a high-performing team to launch 4 pivotal AI features that significantly elevated the product’s capabilities and user experience.
Tech stack: Go, TypeScript, React, GCP, monolith architecture.

Staff Software Engineer

Vidsy ∙ 2022

Requested to step down as CTO in May 2021, to improve my work/life balance and remain in a technical role as the business grew after Series B (Nov 2021).
Led a cross-functional 10-person squad with the mission of ensuring creative quality.
Combination of hands-on development, technical decision-making, system design, line-management, and project delivery.
Tech stack: Go, AWS, microservices, event-based (SNS/SQS), gRPC, DynamoDB, Docker (ECS), and Lambda.

CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

Vidsy ∙ 2016 - 2022

Joined the company as the first employee; desired a role with more autonomy, impact, and the ability to lead a team.
Scaled and led the product and engineering team to 25 people, whilst the company scaled to 120.
Built and scaled three new platforms (creators, clients, internal), enabling the business to surpass $10M in annual revenue.
Lead the process of becoming officially partnered with all the major social platforms (Facebook/Meta, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Google, YouTube, Amazon, and Pinterest).
Tech stack: Go, AWS, microservices, event-based (SNS/SQS), gRPC, DynamoDB, Docker (ECS), and Lambda.

Senior Software Engineer

BBC News ∙ 2015 - 2016

Promoted to a senior software developer after demonstrating my technical ability and leadership skills when leading the BBC Newsbeat project.

Software Engineer

BBC News ∙ 2014 - 2015

1 of 4 engineers in the Frameworks team tasked with moving BBC News (and related products) from a legacy PHP stack to cloud based Go microservices.
Team to push the first Go service to production in the BBC.
Delivered high-impact projects like the Scottish Referendum and 2015 General Election, supporting millions of viewers with reliable, real-time news coverage.
Tech stack: Go, Ruby, AWS, Docker, DynamoDB, SQS.