Sally Lait

@sallyl
Suffolk, UK
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👋🏻 Hello! I'm Sally. I currently work as Head of Engineering at Farewill, where we're changing the way the world deals with death. Formerly at Monzo.

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Oct 2020 - Present

Head of Engineering, Farewill

Dec 2018 - Jul 2020

Senior Engineering Manager* (Director-level role), Monzo

Mar 2014 - Jan 2019

Consultant & Director, Records Sound the Same Ltd

Jan 2013 - Jun 2015

Contract Digital Solutions Architect, self-employed/freelance

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https://farewill.com/blog/introducing-farewills-engineering-progression-framework

https://farewill.com/blog/engineering-management-at-farewill

I wrote a blog post about progression framework considerations, which has since proven to be useful to a lot of people! https://sallylait.com/blog/2020/11/21/introducing-a-progression-framework/

I've been learning Japanese on-and-off for years, but started taking it seriously around the start of 2018. Since then I've taken and passed the JLPT N5 and N4 exams, and I've been waiting for the ...