Currently at Streambased
Jack BurgessSenior Full-Stack Developer
8 years building web, mobile and developer tooling in TypeScript, React, Node.js and Go. Former CTO, currently leading web development at Streambased.
Warrington, UK · Remote, hybrid or on-site in Manchester or Liverpool
- Years professional experience
- 8+
- Years as CTO
- 4
- Class BSc (Hons)
- 1st
About
Summary
I'm a senior full-stack developer with 8 years of experience, comfortable owning a product end to end: UI, APIs, infrastructure, CI/CD and releases.
At Streambased I lead web development. I built the marketing site and a self-serve demo platform that installs Kafka, Iceberg and the product on Docker or Kubernetes with one command. Before that I spent four years as CTO at Plugin.IO, leading development of Tapstar.tv, a social platform built on Next.js, GraphQL, Neo4j and Kubernetes.
I started out as an Android developer at Blue Beck, working on Three UK's app, after graduating with a first-class BSc in Computer Games Technology.
Projects
Selected work
Most recent first: developer tooling and a marketing site at Streambased, a creator platform and Three UK's Android app.
Earlier work
Unity games, including an XR game built in a one-week game jam.
Skills
Technical skills
Frontend
TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Next.js
TanStack Start
Tailwind
Framer Motion
Electron
HTML
CSS
Backend & data
Node.js
Express
Hono
Go
Socket.IO
Pusher
Stripe
GraphQL
Apollo
Prisma
PostgreSQL
Redis
Neo4j
Infrastructure
Docker
Kubernetes
Cloudflare Workers
GitHub Actions
Git
Mobile
Android
Java
Kotlin
Jetpack Compose
Games & XR
Unity
C#
XR
Web3
Solana
IPFS
Experience
Experience and education
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Jan 2025 – present
- Lead web development across the marketing site and the product demo platform.
- Built a self-serve demo platform (TanStack Start, Hono, Go) that installs Kafka, Iceberg and the product on Docker or Kubernetes with one command.
- Built an Electron setup wizard, a Go CLI and a release pipeline that ships multi-architecture Docker images and desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux.
- Added an AI assistant and an MCP server so users and AI agents can explore schemas and run queries.
- Built streambased.io on Cloudflare Workers, with every page tested to a Lighthouse score of 100 for accessibility, best practices and SEO.
- Mentored early-career developers.
CTO & Full-Stack Developer
Sep 2020 – Aug 2024
Plugin.IO
- Led a team of five building Tapstar.tv, a privacy-first creator platform with an app store, boosted posts, tipping and a token economy funded with SOL or Stripe.
- Launched a Solana NFT marketplace with Metaplex: creators minted images and videos as limited or unlimited editions, sold through social posts to buyers with connected Phantom or MetaMask wallets.
- Built the web app (React, Next.js, TypeScript) on GraphQL, Neo4j and Redis, with Socket.IO chat and Pusher notifications, on Docker and Kubernetes.
- Mentored the team and ran user testing, feeding the findings into design.
Android Developer
Jun 2018 – Aug 2020
Blue Beck Ltd
- Developed the Three UK Android app (10M+ downloads), delivering features including fingerprint and face biometric login.
- Worked in a 10-person development team alongside Three UK's product owners, scrum master and designers.
- Migrated parts of the codebase to Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
- Reviewed code and took part in agile ceremonies, working closely with UI/UX designers.
BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology, First Class
2014 – 2018
Manchester Metropolitan University
- Four-year degree including a placement year at Blue Beck, which led to a full-time role.
Contact
Get in touch
For roles, projects or questions, LinkedIn is the quickest way to reach me.