Tim Davies

Tim Davies

Product & Engineering in United Kingdom, He/Him

About

I'm passionate about making things.

Over the last 15 years, I've worked as a designer and a full-stack engineer, built native Mac and iOS apps, and most recently, led successful product-focused engineering teams.

Contact

Email
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GitHub

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Remote

Leading both product and engineering for Sketch's web app.

2021 — 2023
Remote

Leading a team of Mac, backend, frontend, and QA engineers to build Sketch's design system features.

2019 — 2021
Remote

Building the Sketch platform, working on projects such as our macOS based render-farm, collaborative editing, and our payments processing systems.

2008 — 2019
Remote

Working with clients on projects ranging from design and web development to native iOS apps, as well as select technical consulting projects.

2017 — 2018
Associate Director at Digital Tomorrow Today
Suffolk, United Kingdom

DTT was a team of digital marketers, web developers and researchers who create smart digital tools and strategies for brands, businesses, organisations and customers.

I was responsible for reporting on our SAAS products and existing agency clients, and presenting these to the CEO and COO at regular meetings.

2018 — 2018
Development Lead at Digital Tomorrow Today
Suffolk, United Kingdom

I worked as the development lead on both of their own Social Analytics SAAS offerings as well as select client projects.

2015 — 2017
E-commerce Lead (Development) at Digital Tomorrow Today
Suffolk, United Kingdom

I led the e-commerce team which has built online shops for a wide range of retail sectors such as food, luxury goods, travel, and automotive. We developed an e-commerce platform which was designed to be flexible and adaptable to any client's needs. It powered the online shops of national brands, such as Aspall Cyder, as well as smaller award-winning artisan producers like Pump Street Bakery.

2014 — 2015
Engineering Team Lead at V4
United Kingdom

I led the e-commerce team which has built online shops and iOS Apps for a wide range of retail and B2B sectors.

2012 — 2014
Technical Designer at V4
United Kingdom

My role centred around bridging the gap between our design and development teams within the company. I deeply involved in the ideation, design planning, and technical planning for our client's projects.

2010 — 2012
Web Designer at V4
United Kindgom

Side Projects

2020

LightSwitch is a beautiful native menu bar app for macOS that enables you to easily control your Philips Hue lights.

Projects

2009

I designed and built the first version of TinyGrab for iOS. TinyGrab was one of a number of screenshot-sharing tools to make waves in the late 2000s. TinyGrab was featured in The Guardian, LifeHacker, and Macworld.