Tyler Symons
Senior Web Developer
Profile
Senior web developer who owns product web features end-to-end — requirements, solution design, implementation, testing, and deployment. Strongest in React, TypeScript, and Next.js.
Seven years of continuous progression at Wilmington PLC (Website Support → Junior → Full Stack → Senior) is proof of reliability and growth, not the whole pitch. Comfortable as a technical partner in planning, code review, and unblocking hard problems.
Uses AI tools to move faster while keeping human ownership of direction, quality, debugging, testing, security, and whether work is fit for production.
Skills
Core
- React
- TypeScript
- Next.js
- Full-stack web applications
Practice
- Feature ownership
- Architecture & planning
- Code review
- Testing
- Debugging
- Requirements analysis
- Mentoring / unblocking
- Collaborative development
AI
- AI-assisted development
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- Took end-to-end ownership of web features from requirements through design, implementation, test, and ship.
- Primary delivery stack: React, TypeScript, Next.js.
- Technical partner in planning; unblocks colleagues on hard issues.
- Holds the review bar and quality calls on the work that ships.
Full Stack Developer
2022 – 2026- Delivered frontend and backend on training and course products.
- Grew from feature contributor to owning larger delivery slices.
- Strengthened team standards through reviews and shared practice.
Junior Developer
2020 – 2022- Moved from technical support into shipping production software.
- First ownership of fixes and small features on internal apps.
- Built depth in company systems and business process.
Website Support
2019 – 2020- Front-line technical support over email and tickets.
- Learned company utilities, internal systems, and applications in depth.
- SQL and access work when needed; process foundation for the eng path.
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.
Staff Assistant
Aug 2017 – Jan 2018- Professional environment; reliability, organisation, attention to detail.
- Solved material shortages and kept work moving under deadline pressure.
Office Assistant
Feb 2016 – Jul 2017- Front-of-house support and direct customer communication.
- Telephone enquiries and day-to-day ops across businesses in the centre.
AI-assisted development
I use AI to move faster on real product work — draft, explore, implement — then I slow down where it matters: review, edges, and the call on what ships.
- Clarify the outcome and constraints before touching code.
- Sketch a plan; use AI to explore approaches with real codebase context.
- Implement with AI where it helps — keep the agreed approach in view.
- Review hard: reject wrong or unsuitable paths; refactor until it fits.
- Test behaviour and chase edge cases before calling it done.
- Ship only when maintainability, security, and architecture fit check out.
Accountability: Technical ownership stays with me — 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
- Continuous progression from support 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 with human accountability