James Forage
Principal Software Engineer @Smartwyre
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WORK HISTORY
Principal Software Engineer @Smartwyre
EDUCATION
University of Portsmouth
BSc Hons, Mathematics with Computing
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES FORAGE
Over 25 years of experience in digital and a career spanning top 5 management and IT consultancies, as well as multiple award-winning digital agencies, specialising in application development and architecture design in Microsoft technologiesAreas of expertise include:• Hands-on C#.NET /.NET Core, ASP.NET, Agile (SCRUM, Kanban), test-driven development• Service-oriented architecture and microservices• Enterprise event streaming (Azure Service Bus, Event Grid, Kafka, AWS Kinesis)• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)• Enterprise integration (REST API, WCF, XML, gRPC)• Solution architecture design, GoF design patterns, and best practice principles (SOLID, DRY, KISS)• Relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, Postgres)• NoSQL databases (Azure Cosmos, MongoDB, AWS DynamoDB)• Cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS)• DevOps (CI/CD, YAML, Terraform)• Team leading & mentoring (multiple teams, global) Strong interpersonal and communication skills and a wealth of experience in client-facing roles as well as leading teams designing and developing high-performance, high-quality.NET applications for household brandsProven track record for delivering to aggressive deadlines and tight budgets, without compromising the quality of the final productA wealth of experience from multiple sectors including Financial Services, Engineering & Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Charity & not-for-profit, Leisure, Sport & Tourism, B2B & SME
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