Jamie Lord

Solution Architect at CDS, using Azure and C# to build awesome projects

What I’m doing today and a history of where I’ve been employed in the past.

CDS UK

👉 Solution Architect - March 2023

  • Analyse and understand client requirements, needs, and pain points
  • Design and develop solutions that meet client requirements, budget, and timelines
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and incorporate feedback into solution designs
  • Identify and mitigate potential risks, issues, and roadblocks in solution designs
  • Select and integrate appropriate technologies and services to meet solution requirements
  • Ensure that solution designs comply with industry standards, regulations, and best practices
  • Test and validate solution designs to ensure they meet the desired outcomes
  • Provide guidance and support to development teams during the implementation and deployment phases
  • Continuously evaluate and improve solution designs to ensure they remain relevant and effective over time
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, trends, and best practices in the industry
  • Communicate solution designs and recommendations effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

HeadClear

Chief Technology Officer - December 2021

My role as HeadClear CTO includes the following responsibilities:

  1. Technical vision: Setting the technical direction for HeadClear and ensuring that it aligns with the overall business strategy.
  2. Product development: Leading the development of the company’s product, including the design, development, and testing of new features and functionality.
  3. Team management: Managing and mentoring the engineering team, including hiring, onboarding, and performance evaluations.
  4. Technology infrastructure: Building and maintaining the technology infrastructure necessary to support HeadClear’s products and services.
  5. Technical partnerships: Identifying and developing technical partnerships that can help HeadClear grow and scale.
  6. Staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends, and making sure we’re using the best tools and techniques to achieve our goals.
  7. Communicating effectively with other stakeholders, including the CEO, other members of the leadership team, and external partners.
  8. Managing the budget for the technology team and wider IT requirements and ensuring that HeadClear is getting the most value for its money.
  9. Identifying and mitigating technical risks, and creating and implementing contingency plans to minimize disruptions to the business.
  10. Being a leader and an advocate for HeadClear and its products both internally and externally.

Advanced

Principal Software Engineer - October 2020

Lead developer on Mitrefinch Flexipay payroll solution (acquired by Advanced October 2020) responsible for overseeing the development of the product, including managing a team of developers, ensuring that the product meets the needs of the customers, and staying up to date with industry trends and advancements in technology. I was responsible for ensuring that the product was developed on schedule and within budget, and that it meet or exceeded quality standards. Additionally, I was involved in the testing, debugging, and maintenance of the product, as well as working with other departments such as sales and marketing to promote Flexipay.

Mitrefinch

Delivery Team Lead - August 2020

Lead Developer on the Mitrefinch Platform team. Using C# and Azure technologies to build cross-product systems and infrastructure. Including our SSO platform, product licencing, event messaging infrastructure and other internal management systems.

Developer - April 2019

Using Vue.js with TypeScript and C# .Net Core with Azure technologies to build multi-tenant SaaS applications including payroll and access control systems.

IFS

Senior Software Engineer - October 2018

Continued work on the mobile framework as well as internal tools using C# .Net Core.

Software Engineer - November 2016

Developing a unique and vast mobile framework using Xamarin Native for Android, iOS and Windows desktop to allow creation of runtime-defined apps.

MultiPie

Mobile Applications Developer - May 2016

Worked on a variety of native iOS and Android mobile apps for clients using Swift and Java.