Tyler Symons
Senior Web Developer
Profile
Senior Web Developer with seven years of progression at Wilmington PLC — Website Support → Junior Developer → Full Stack Developer → Senior Web Developer. Owns web application features from requirements through solution design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
Strongest technically in React, TypeScript, and Next.js. Builds web applications used by accountants for professional training and courses. Trusted on technical decisions, architecture and planning discussions, code review, and unblocking colleagues on hard problems.
Uses AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenCode, PaperclipAI) to move faster — while keeping responsibility for requirements, architecture, quality, debugging, testing, security, and whether the result belongs in production.
Skills
Core
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Full-stack web applications
Practice
- Feature ownership
- Architecture & planning
- Code review
- Testing
- Debugging
- Requirements analysis
- Code quality
- Collaborative development
- Technical support
- Mentoring / unblocking
AI
- AI-assisted development
- Agentic coding workflows
Experience
Wilmington PLC · August 2019 – Present. Wilmington PLC is a group of companies providing training and professional services, including training and courses for the accountancy sector. Applications used by accountants to complete professional training and courses.
Senior Web Developer
2026 – Present- Owns web application features from requirements through design, implementation, testing, and deployment
- Primary stack: React, TypeScript, Next.js
- Makes technical decisions on feature implementation and architecture
- Joins technical planning and architecture discussions
- Investigates complex problems; technical point of contact when colleagues hit hard issues
- Reviews code, holds standards, and uses AI in the workflow while keeping ownership of direction and quality
Full Stack Developer
2022 – 2026- Built and maintained internal and customer-facing web applications
- Worked across frontend and backend as full-stack delivery
- Supported professional training and course-delivery products
- Took increasing ownership of features and technical decisions
- Investigated and resolved defects and technical issues
- Participated in code reviews and technical discussions; contributed to standards and team practices
Junior Developer
2020 – 2022- Transitioned from technical support into professional software development
- Maintained and updated internal company applications
- Shipped new functionality and supported existing web apps
- Investigated bugs and implemented fixes
- Learned the company’s applications, systems, and business processes
- Worked with more experienced developers; took on more responsibility over time
Website Support
2019 – 2020- Technical support for users over email and tickets
- Learned company utilities, internal systems, and applications in depth
- Investigated and resolved technical user queries
- Updated SQL tables when needed to enable and manage user access
- Built the systems and process foundation that led into engineering
Website & advertisement creation
June 2019- Worked with the business director on requirements for a company website
- Aligned on design, colour, media, and overall presentation
- Built the site independently on Wix
- Early web work that led into professional software development
Staff Assistant
Aug 2017 – Jan 2018- Professional environment; reliability, organisation, attention to detail
- Solved material shortages so work could continue
- Mail and file distribution under deadline pressure
- Calm, systematic problem-solving
Office Assistant
Feb 2016 – Jul 2017- Front-of-house support and direct customer communication
- Telephone enquiries for businesses in the centre
- Communication and teamwork under multiple responsibilities
- Day-to-day business operations support
AI-assisted development
AI-assisted development is a core part of the current engineering workflow — as an implementation and problem-solving tool, not a substitute for judgment.
- Understand the business requirement and desired outcome
- Explore approaches with AI
- Provide relevant context from the existing application and codebase
- Write and review an implementation plan before coding
- Use AI to implement the agreed approach
- Review generated code; catch wrong or unsuitable approaches
- Iterate to correct, improve, or refactor
- Test behaviour; chase subtle and unexpected bugs
- Check maintainability, security, edge cases, and fit with existing architecture
- Deploy the completed feature
Accountability: Technical ownership stays with Tyler — requirements, architecture fit, code quality, debugging, testing, security, and whether the solution is fit for production.
Education
Brooksby Melton College
Level 3 Creative Media · 2018- Level 3 Creative Media
- Built creative and media foundations before entering web work
Stephenson Studio School
GCSEs & BTEC Computer Science · 2016 – 2018- BTEC Computer Science — Level 2 Pass
- GCSE English Language — 6
- GCSE Mathematics — 5
- GCSE English Literature — 4
- Combined Science — 5
- GCSE Film Studies — C
Additional
- Seven years’ continuous progression inside professional software development
- Support path into Senior Web Developer
- Remote-friendly team experience
- Independent and collaborative
- Mentoring and supporting colleagues
- Code review and technical decision-making
- Strong debugging and problem-solving
- Practical AI-assisted development at production standard