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Pete Buckney

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Head of Engineering at Pliant
📍 London Area, United Kingdom

Pete Buckney is the Head of Engineering at Pliant, known for transforming businesses by scaling small companies into successful ventures. An alumnus of the University of Oxford, he excels at building high-performing engineering teams and bridging the gap between technology and business. Colleagues describe him as an exceptional leader, mentor, passionate, and knowledgeable.

Outside of his tech career, Pete is an avid snowboarder and surfskater, holding certifications as a BASI Snowboard Instructor and a Skateboard GB Coach. He took a career break to spend more time with family and grew a personal project, Concrete Waves London, into a significant community.

He is the founder of Concrete Waves London, which has become Europes largest surfskating community.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
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Scaling Engineering Teams
He has a strong track record of building world-class product and engineering teams from scratch to over 150 people, as he did at Railsr.
Creativity in Tech
He has delivered multiple talks on cultivating creativity within technical teams, particularly in the context of Domain-Driven Design, to improve problem-solving.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Head of Engineering
Pliant
12-2023 - 5-2025
Head of Engineering
hi.health
1-2023 - 11-2023
Career Break
1-2022 - 12-2022
Head Of Engineering - Financial Experience
Railsr
9-2018 - 1-2022
Chief Technology Officer
Railsr
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Education
1987 - 1991
BA (Hons)
University of Oxford
1993 - 1994
MSc
De Montfort University
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