Richard Jones

5.0

(11 reviews)

US$30.00

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ABOUT ME

Lead Java Backend Engineer

I was first introduced to programming went to a computing taster session before selecting my A Levels, and since I have been hooked. I started off by being taught Visual Basic in college, where I would complete the in class exercises at home in my free time. This has lead me down the path to teaching myself Python for me A Level Computing project, to pretending I knew what I was doing when I attempted to classify sarcasm of Reddit posts using deep neural networks for my final year project at university.

I am now working as a Java Backend Engineer in the Solutions Engineering team, delivering technical workshops and implementing proof of concepts (PoCs) with prospective clients as part of the sales cycle. When not working with clients I'm experimenting with new releases from R&D, improving the processes used for PoCs, and contributing back to tooling used by clients and company.

English

London (+00:00)

Joined August 2020

EXPERTISE

Java

6 years experience | 5 endorsements

I have been programming in Java from my first year of university, which helped me secure my first "real" job working as an Intern Softwar...

I have been programming in Java from my first year of university, which helped me secure my first "real" job working as an Intern Software Engineer at Airbus Group. It was fair to say that the work I had done at university did not prepare me for what it is like in the real world. From this point I have focused on making it my main programming language and now have 4 years enterprise experience in creating Java based web applications.

Spring

5 years experience | 2 endorsements

When I graduated university I landed in a role as a Backend Developer, creating Spring microservices. When I first started I had only hea...

When I graduated university I landed in a role as a Backend Developer, creating Spring microservices. When I first started I had only heard of Spring, but had never used it. Since then I have taught myself the ins and outs of the Spring Framework, most recently learning about Spring Webflux to create reactive web applications. I have proven experience creating highly scalable and fault tolerant services as part of my career.

Spring Boot

5 years experience | 2 endorsements

Kubernetes

4 years experience | 1 endorsement

I was one of the first handful of people in my current employer to really get hands on with Kubernetes, and was involved in migrating all...

I was one of the first handful of people in my current employer to really get hands on with Kubernetes, and was involved in migrating all of 70 plus services to be cloud native and ready for Kubernetes deployments. I have enjoyed working with Kubernetes so much that I am now Certified Kubernetes Administrator, after passing an exam earlier this year.

AWS

5 years experience | 2 endorsements

Apache Maven

6 years experience | 1 endorsement

Java

Docker

5 years experience

Kubernetes Docker swarm

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(11 reviews)

Maxime HAMM

December 2024

Richard is an excellent mentor who was very effective in unblocking my OIDC problems. Thank you Richard!

Maxime HAMM

November 2024

Richard seems very competent! He's calm and explains what needs to be done. His approach seems effective, and I think we'll get there :)

sri

December 2020

Excellent mentor which i ever seen

Matt Clark

December 2020

Richard was great to work with, and before we got on the call had even created an example project and was able to provide me with the source. Very helpful!

Michael Osofsky

September 2020

Richard help me set up a Kubernetes cluster for my GitLab.com runners. He prepared well so we could get going right away in our scheduled session. He took time to explain things to me clearly and patiently suffered through my endless questions, sometimes answering them multiple times. I could not have achieved this task without Richard's help.

Hardik P

August 2020

Great help with RSocket, Kubernetes, AMQ setup!

Hardik P

August 2020

Thanks Richard for help with Kubernetes!

Hardik P

August 2020

Thank you for helping with Kubernetes services

SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

RedGateMaze

CSS

packages

Central Location to Publish Artifacts

EMPLOYMENTS

Senior Software Engineer

NatWest Group

2021-08-01-Present

Implemented RESTful services utilising the Spring ecosystem
Implemented a multi-tenanted private banking platform

Implemented RESTful services utilising the Spring ecosystem
Implemented a multi-tenanted private banking platform
Lead the design & implementation of CI/CD processes using GitLab ● Designed and implemented AWS infra using Terraform
Lead technical workshops and mentorship
Member of Code Craft to guide and mentor junior developers
Support production environments and releases

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Senior Backend Engineer

Crowdcube

2020-10-01-2021-08-01

System owner and lead developer for a mission critical share holder service Implementing and maintaining RESTful Spring Boot services ...

System owner and lead developer for a mission critical share holder service Implementing and maintaining RESTful Spring Boot services Working closely with other teams to integrate with the rest of the platform

Java

SQL

Git

Java

SQL

Git

Spring

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Terraform

Backend Consultant

Backbase

2019-04-01-2020-10-01

Ran technical workshops with prospective clients
Working onsite with prospects to deliver 2-3 week proof of concepts int...

Ran technical workshops with prospective clients
Working onsite with prospects to deliver 2-3 week proof of concepts integrating the Backbase platform into the banks infrastructure and services
Implementing alpha/beta releases from R&D to create demo services for sales
Working closely with R&D to create Helm Charts for the Backbase Platform
Created an infrastructure as code project to a provision a production ready Kubernetes cluster in AWS
Presented an expert session at Backbase Connect, the companies annual conference

Java

SQL

Git

Java

SQL

Git

Spring

Bash

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Terraform